The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan board of directors has elected Fred Peivandi, PE, managing director and county highway engineer at Genesee County Road Commission (GCRC), as its 2020-2021 vice president effective April 1.
As vice president, he succeeds Dick Timmer, chair of the Chippewa County Road Commission.
Peivandi joined GCRC in 1993. He has nearly 40 years of experience in the civil engineering field and served as adjunct instructor at Baker College and Wayne State University. Peivandi has a BS in civil engineering from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Wayne State University.
“I’m looking forward to serving the CRA board as vice president,” Peivandi said. “Together, we can improve the outlook for county roads in Michigan during this challenging time, and I’m excited to be a part of that.”
Peivandi was elected vice president at the 2020 CRA Highway Conference. His term is for one year.
The 83 members of the County Road Association of Michigan represent the unified voice for a safe and efficient county transportation infrastructure system in Michigan, including appropriate stewardship of the public’s right-of-way in rural and urban Michigan. Collectively, Michigan’s county road agencies manage 75 percent of all roads in the state, including 90,000 miles of roads and 5,700 bridges. County road agencies also maintain the state’s highway system in 64 counties. Michigan has the nation’s fourth-largest local road system.