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Morteza Salehi was named Northern Virginia District administrator Dec. 17, 2007. He had been acting in that capacity since Aug. 6, 2007.
He has also served as Culpeper’s district administrator, overseeing the Virginia Department of Transportation's program for a nine-county region that includes the Warrenton, Charlottesville, Culpeper and Louisa residencies. The district covers nearly 4,560 miles of roadway and employs about 700 people.
He previously served as assistant district administrator in Northern Virginia.
He joined VDOT in the Northern Virginia District as a senior engineer in 1989.
From 1985 until 1989, he worked in the private sector.
From 1981 until 1985, he was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Before immigrating to the United States, Salehi worked for the government of Iran. He took a leading role in the coordination and development of Iran’s transportation programs. Earlier he was an associate professor of civil engineering at Tehran University.
Education:
Salehi holds a doctorate in transportation engineering and a master’s degree in highway and traffic engineering from the University of Birmingham, England, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Tehran Polytechnic Institute. | 