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Michael J. Berg, P.E., deputy secretary

As Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Mike Berg is the chief operating officer for a state agency with 3,500 employees, dozens of field offices and an annual budget of more than $3 billion.

Berg is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in civil and environmental engineering.

He joined WisDOT as an engineer in the Green Bay office, steadily rising through the ranks, eventually becoming a supervisor in design and construction in 1988. In 2000, Berg was named district director for WisDOT’s former District 4, heading up the department’s Wisconsin Rapids office. In 2005, Berg returned to Green Bay as director of the Northeast Region, where he oversaw many large and small transportation improvement projects, including the start of construction on the massive US 41 project.

Mike and his wife, Brenda, have three adult children.

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Last modified: January 13, 2011