Officers
Chairman Emeritus for Life
Abdullah A. Al-Mogbel
Ministry of Transport (formerly with) | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Chairman (term 2022-2024)
Dr. Wm. (Bill) Sowell, MBA, PhD
Argonaut International Consulting | USA
Vice Chairmen (term 2022-2024)
Dan Hickey
3M | United States of America
Jeffrey R. Reed
Valley Slurry Seal Company | United States of America
Thomas Topolski
BrandSafway | United States of America
Fernando Vilhena
Armco Staco | Brazil
Treasurer (term 2022-2024)
Omar Smadi
Iowa State University | United States of America
President & CEO and Secretary
C. Patrick Sankey
International Road Federation
Immediate Past Chairman
Brian Stearman
Parsons (retired) | United States of America
IREF Chairman (term 2022-2023)
Kamil Kaloush
Arizona State University | United States of America
Elected Directors to Serve on the Executive Committee (term 2022-2023
Omar Aldalbahy
Mutlaq AlGhowari Company | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nina Elter
EROAD | Germany
Robert Jaffe
Consensus Systems Technologies | United States of America
Koji Kaminaga
Japan Road Association | Japan
José Reves
Ascendi | Portugal
Fernando Ribeiro
Lindsay | United States of America
Directors (term 2021-2023)
3M
Dan Hickey | United States of America
Armco Staco
Fernando Vilhena | Brazil
Consulpav
George Way | United States of America
Consensus Systems Technologies
Robert Jaffe | United States of America
Emovis
Benoit Rossi | France
EROAD
Nina Elter | New Zealand
ESRI
Terry Bills | USA
Euro Group
Ibrahim Mourad | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Franchetti Group
Paolo Franchetti | Italy
Horizon Signal Technologies
David Krahulec | United States of America
Iowa State University
Omar Smadi | United States of America
Japan Road Association
Koji Kaminaga | Japan
MicroTraffic
Craig Milligan | Canada
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Abdelrahman Ali Abdulla Almahmoud | UAE
Ministry of Transport
Robert Mantague | Jamaica
Mutlaq AlGhowari Company
Mutlaq AlGhowari | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
National Roads Authority
Paul Parchment | Cayman Islands
Parsons
Dan Lukasik | United States of America
REAAA
Hermanto Dardak | Malaysia
RoadBotics
Benjamin Schmidt | United States of America
Roadscanners
Timo Saarenketo | Finland
SAPTCO
Khalid Al Hogail | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SensysGatso
Philip Wijers | Netherlands
South African Road Federation
Philip Hendricks | South Africa
Transpo Industries
Michael Stenko | United States of America
University of Alabama
Justice Smyth | United States of America
University of Nebraska
Ronald Faller | United States of America
Valley Slurry Seal Co
Jeffrey Reed | United States of America
Directors (term 2022-2024)
Amazon Web Services
Randy Iwasaki | United States of America
Argonaut International Consulting
William Sowell | United States of America
Arizona State University
Kamil Kaloush | United States of America
Ascendi
José Revés | Portugal
Argentina Road Association
Nicolás Berretta | Argentina
AVS-Berghaus
Dirk Schönauer | Germany
Bechtel
Chris Jennions | United Kingdom
China Road Federation
Shing-Hau Jaw | Chinese Taipei
Dar Al-Handasah
Bashar Rihani | Lebanon
ETI
John Lee | United States of America
Fortis CS
Oleg Pekerman | United States of America
Japan Road Contractors Association
Yoshinori Nishida | Japan
Lindsay
Fernando Ribeiro | United States of America
Public Authority for Roads & Transportation
TBN | Kuwait
Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services
Hathlool Al-Hathlool | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning
Essam Khalaf | Bahrain
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
TBN | Republic of Turkiye
Road & Transport Authority Dubai
Maitha bin Adai | UAE
SABER
Shaflk Nasser | UAE
Saudi Consulting Services
Tarek Al-Shawaf | Saudi Arabia
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co.
Akio Kasuga | Japan
StreetsLA Streets California
Keith Mozee | United States of America
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co
Akio Kasuga | Japan
Swarco
Carl McCollum | Austria
Titan Freight Systems
Keith Wilson | United States of America
TrafFix Devices
Brent Kulp | United States of America
Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc
William F. Troxler, Jr. | United States of America
TTS Italia
Olga Landolfi | Italy
University of Central Florida
Mohammed Abdel-Aty | United States of America
Uberbinder
Jonathan Davis | United Kingdom
University of Zagreb
Andelko Scukanec | Croatia
Zydex Industries
Ajay Ranka | India