About Mary Lamie, PE

Mary Lamie earned her bachelor degree in civil engineering from Mizzou in 1989 and her master’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1998.  She worked for Illinois DOT for 22 years, her last assignment was deputy director of highways for region five. While at IDOT she was responsible for the region’s transportation program including engineering, management and budgeting. Her project management experience includes the high-speed rail corridor between St. Louis and Chicago and the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (I-270) across the Mississippi River. Since 2015, she has served as executive director of St. Louis Regional Freightway, a business enterprise of Bi-State Development. She is responsible for public-private partnerships to optimize the region’s freight transportation network, creating a foundation for the bi-state region as a national freight hub. Mary has received several awards including the 2008 (Illinois) Southwest Leadership Council Salute to Leadership Award, the 2008 Winning Women Public Service Award, the 2004 Woman of the Year by the WTS Metropolitan St. Louis Chapter and the 1992 IDOT State Engineer of the Year Award. Mary is involved with the World Trade Center of St. Louis, the St. James Catholic Church and the Mothers Club at Gibault Catholic High School. Mary lives in Millstadt, Ill., with her husband, Joe, and their two sons.