Design Division Director

Marisabel Z. Ramthun, P.E., serves as director of Design.

Ramthun is responsible for developing statewide design policies and guidelines for geometric roadway design criteria, roadside safety evaluations, design standards, hydraulic design, and landscape programs. She is responsible for leading the statewide digital delivery initiative to transform how projects are delivered from design to construction utilizing digital 3D files. She represents the Department at national and state levels concerning roadway design, safety analysis, and project development activities and is a voting member of AASHTO committee on Design.

She joined TxDOT in 1998 as an engineering assistant for the Waco District in the Belton area office. In 2002, she transferred to the Austin District’s Advanced Project Development section. She then went to work in the Georgetown area office managing construction projects. She has held several leadership positions in the Austin District including Burnet area office assistant area engineer, Austin District advanced project development director, Austin District director of Transportation Planning and Development.

Ramthun is a 1996 graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez with a degree in electrical engineering. She is also a graduate of TxDOT’s Leadership ONE and WTS International Mid-Career Signature Leadership Training.