James Kelley, P.E.

James Kelley, P.E.

Chief of Program Delivery
Tennessee Department of Transportation
James Kelley, P.E, serves as the Chief of Program Delivery at the Tennessee Department of Transportation. James oversees a highly experienced TDOT team that is responsible for managing a wide range of statewide programs and projects from concept through delivery, including TDOT’s 10-year plan. Over the past several years, James and his team have helped to achieve project delivery at more than double the national average, including 100% delivery of projects in the last two years. James’ ownership and leadership of the Project Delivery Network (PDN) have been instrumental to the integration of Communications as a discipline into the PDN process.