WYDOT employee included in Business Report’s “Thirty

Under 40”

Ragan nominated for newspaper’s annual list

By Jordan Achs Ali Ragan, Grants and Contracts Policy program manager for

WYDOT, was included in the Wyoming Business Report’s annual “Thirty under 40” list for 2022.

The list, which is compiled to celebrate “the young people who are shaping the future of Wyoming,” honors thirty men and women from around the state that are making a difference in their workplaces and communities.

“It’s an honor to be recognized and included on a list of people producing positive change for Wyoming,” Ragan said.

Ragan leads a relatively new program at WYDOT; she is only the second person to serve as program manager. The program

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develops and provides grant and contract policies, guidance, and resources to WYDOT personnel.

“I oversee a staff responsible for writing and reviewing WYDOT contracts with a focus on reducing risk to protect WYDOT and, by extension, Wyoming taxpayers,” she said in her “Thirty Under 40” profile.

Ragan’s previous role as a project manager for transportation technology projects earned her a Transportation Vanguard award by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials in 2018. She said she’s carrying that innovative mindset to her current role, too.

“[I’m] looking for ways to streamline processes and initiate changes that result in better management of WYDOT’s grants and contracts and increased support to those who rely on us,” she said in the article.

Businesses, government agencies and other groups nominated their best and brightest to the Wyoming Business Report for the designation.

“Ali has shown consistent hard work and dedication to the agency and the state, and she’s certainly worthy of this recognition,” said Dennis Byrne, WYDOT CFO and Ragan’s supervisor.

The Wyoming Business Report is a statewide business newspaper that produces business-centered news as well as special reports like “Women of Wyoming,” the “Energy Book” and the annual Under 40 list.

To see all the honorees, visit the Wyoming Business Report website.