May Luncheon Featuring Joe Echelle & Honoring Leadership Jenks Graduates

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Join us at noon on May 15th at the Hive for our May Luncheon featuring Joe Echelle. This luncheon will also honor our Leadership Jenks graduates!

Joe Echelle is the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Deputy Director, a position he has held since June 2021. Echelle oversees an agency responsible for maintaining 630 miles of turnpikes throughout Oklahoma and is responsible for day-to-day operations.

Echelle began working at OTA in 2016 as the Director of Construction, managing the authority’s annual capital improvement construction projects and the $1.2 billion Driving Forward Turnpike Improvement Program. He was promoted to assistant executive director in 2018.

He began his career with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation as an engineer in training in 2001. In 2003, he became a draftsman for ODOT and then a construction surveyor for the department in 2006. In 2008, he was promoted to resident engineer in Stillwater and subsequently advanced to be the construction engineer for ODOT’s Division 4, managing more than $200 million in annual construction projects.

Echelle, a registered professional engineer, has received several awards for highway construction and design. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2005 and an MBA in 2010.

Thank you to our sponsors, The Laurel and American Capitol Roofing & Construction.