Veteran program manager brings decades of experience delivering large-scale transportation and infrastructure projects nationwide
DENVER (May 8, 2025) – Jeffrey Clevenger, PE, has joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project director in the firm’s Denver office. A recognized industry leader in program management and alternative project delivery methods, Clevenger brings 35 years’ experience in complex, multibillion-dollar highway, transit and water infrastructure programs to HNTB.
“Jeff combines deep technical expertise with a strategic understanding of how to deliver complex infrastructure programs in ways that truly serve our clients’ goals,” said Del Walker, Denver office leader and vice president at HNTB. “His decades of locally-focused and national experience across multiple market sectors, along with his knowledge of design-build, CM/GC and P3, make him a trusted advisor to project owners navigating capital programs with ambitious schedules, budgets and stakeholder demands.”
HNTB’s Jeffrey Clevenger
That combination of leadership and technical insight has shaped Clevenger’s work on high-profile infrastructure programs nationwide. In the Midwest, he most recently served as co-project principal for the Brent Spence Bridge Replacement Project, a landmark bistate gateway reconstruction connecting Ohio and Kentucky. Before that, he was the project principal for the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge Replacement in Iowa.
In Colorado, Clevenger’s home state, he has led several major multimodal transportation efforts. He served as project principal for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Region 1 U.S. 36 Managed Lanes, Phases 1 and 2; deputy corridor and design manager for the Regional Transportation District’s East Corridor, part of Denver’s Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Program; and project and segment manager for the regionally transformative T-REX project—a joint CDOT and RTD highway and light rail expansion.
Leveraging his expertise in alternative delivery, he also served as the north segment manager for CDOT and Denver RTD’s Southeast Corridor Design-Build request for proposal. Demonstrating his versatility beyond transportation, Clevenger served as project director for the City of Aurora’s Prairie Waters Project, a large-scale water collection, transmission and purification program supporting the Colorado region’s long-term sustainability.
On the West Coast, he was the project principal and business development manager for the San Bernardino Association of Governments’ I-10 Widening Project in California.
Clevenger holds a master’s in business administration and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Colorado.