Warne

Thomas R. (Tom) Warne is president, Tom Warne and Associates, LLC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Arizona State University.

His firm engages in design-build, strategic planning, dispute review boards, partnering facilitation, succession management, legislative initiatives, market analysis, government relations, process improvement initiatives, and client interventions. Major projects have included the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the John James Audubon Bridge, and the Columbia River Crossing, to name only a few.

Tom has provided individual consultation on projects such as the replacement of the collapsed 35W bridge in Minneapolis and others. He also has chaired numerous dispute review boards. He served as executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation and earlier as the deputy director of the Arizona Department of Transportation. He also served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers early in his career. He has been honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) with an OPAL (Outstanding Projects and Leadership) Award for Management, by the Beavers with its Golden Beaver Award for Management, and by ENR as a Top 25 Newsmaker.

Tom and Renae have been married for 38 years, and have six children and 15 grandchildren.