Rakesh Tripathi was appointed as the Director of the Planning Division in Feb 2008. He is responsible for Regional and Statewide Multimodal Planning, Data Bureau, Transportation Programming, Administrative Support, Arizona Transportation Research Center, Cooperative Planning with Native American Tribes and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations. He oversees CANAMEX and the Arizona Mexico binational planning. Prior to joining ADOT, Rakesh worked for Texas Department of Transportation for 14 years.