JEFFERSON CITY – Gregg C. Smith, Clinton, is the new chair of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, and Michael B. Pace, West Plains, is the new vice chair. The commission rotated the leadership positions at today’s monthly meeting in Jefferson City.
Smith and Pace were both appointed to the commission by former Gov. Jay Nixon –Smith in June 2013 and Pace in January 2015.
Smith is president and owner of Gregg Smith Ford Lincoln, Inc., and Wilder RV. He previously served as commission chair from March 2016 to March 2017. Pace is a retired brigadier general in the Army National Guard and also served nearly 33 years in the Missouri State Highway Patrol, achieving the rank of major. When he retired he was director of the criminal investigation bureau in Jefferson City. Both of their commission terms run through March 1, 2019.
The six-member bipartisan commission governs the Missouri Department of Transportation, the agency responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining the state highway system and supporting other transportation modes in Missouri.
Other commission members are Tom Waters, Orrick; John Briscoe, New London; Robert G. Brinkmann, St. Albans; and Terry Ecker, Elmo.
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