Chief of Staff
Mary Anne Griss serves as chief of staff, advising and providing direction on implementing our programs and policies, and overseeing and providing guidance to support the Texas Transportation Commission.
Griss has held transportation planning and policy positions in both the public and private sectors. She joined TxDOT in 1992 and has a great depth of knowledge. She has division and district experience and has worked on many high-profile TxDOT initiatives.
She has a bachelor of arts in city planning from Bryn Mawr College and a master of science in community and regional planning from the University of Texas at Austin.