Bob Yeager was named Chief District Engineer (CDE) for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 6 office in Covington Wednesday.
Since October, Yeager has served in the acting CDE capacity after the retirement of former CDE Rob Hans.
Yeager began his career with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in 1975 as an engineer-in-training for the Covington district office.
Yeager attended the University of Kentucky as a Civil Engineering Scholarship student and received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in December 1974. He also earned his MBA from Northern Kentucky University in 1982.
Yeager worked in District 6 from 1975 to 2003, serving as a maintenance engineer, branch manager for operations, and branch manager for planning. In 2003, Yeager left the Cabinet to pursue work in the private sector with a local consulting firm.
Yeager returned to the Cabinet in 2009 as the branch manager for project development in District 6.
KYTC District 6