HDR Promotes Slayton to Director

HDR has elevated Erin Slayton to Transportation Program Management Director. She will serve clients in all transportation markets and continue to diversify the consulting firm's service capabilities.

Slayton has nearly 20 years of experience in the planning, design and delivery of major transportation infrastructure programs. Since joining HDR in 2006, she has worked with clients on-site to provide project oversight and coordination of management services. From 2012-14, Slayton served as department manager for the $4.56 billion Washington State DOT SR 520 Floating Bridge Replacement and HOV Program. More recently, she helped develop and manage the procurement and delivery of the $1.7 billion Arizona DOT South Mountain Freeway Project, before moving to Columbia, S.C., in 2018 to manage the South Carolina DOT’s $1.6 billion Carolina Crossroads Project. Prior to HDR, Slayton worked for the Seattle Popular Monorail Authority.

Slayton’s “skills managing diverse teams and delivering complex well-known projects will pave the way for us to enhance our technical capabilities, capture new geographic markets and build stronger client relationships, ”Transportation Group President Tom McLaughlin said.