Tim Gatz
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Tim Gatz | |
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Executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation | |
In office 2019 – February 28, 2024 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Mike Patterson |
Executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority | |
In office 2016 – February 28, 2024 | |
Governor | Mary Fallin Kevin Stitt |
Succeeded by | Joe Echelle |
Tim Gatz is an American civil servant who served as the
Oklahoma Constitution
.
Biography
Tim Gatz started working for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 1990.[1] In 2016, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin appointed Gatz as the executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.[2] In 2019, Governor Kevin Stitt appointed him Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation and he was promoted to the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.[3]
Gatz resigned as the executive director of the
Mary Boren. He was reappointed the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation after his resignation.[3] Governor Kevin Stitt called the attorney general's opinion "political games."[5]
References
- ^ "Tim Gatz". Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Staff, Journal Record (2019-02-12). "Gatz appointed ODOT executive director | The Journal Record". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ a b McNutt, Michael (29 February 2024). "AG opinion prompts ODOT director Tim Gatz to resign as Cabinet secretary, OTA director". NonDoc. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Humphery, Spencer (March 7, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: New OTA director talks Gatz resignation, plans to carry agency forward". KFOR.
- ^ Metzer, Steve (March 1, 2024). "Stitt disappointed 'political games' push public servant out of Cabinet". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2 March 2024.