Venable of AHTD to speak to Arkadelphia Rotary about bridge project, March 27

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, March 27, 2015, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. Jeff Venable, District 7 Engineer for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, has been invited to serve as guest speaker and will talk about the upcoming bridge project in Clark County. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend.

Jeff Venable currently is the District Engineer with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, District Seven, Camden, Arkansas. He is a 1978 graduate of Louisiana Tech University with degrees in Engineering and Land Surveying and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas and a Registered Civil Engineer in Louisiana.  

Beginning in the fall of 1972, Jeff Venable has 42+ years of experience in the construction and engineering related field including 5.5 years working for a roadway contractor, 4.5 years as an engineering consultant, and 32.5 years with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. While with the Arkansas Highway Department, he has held the positions of Assistant-to-Resident Engineer, Field Engineer I and 2, Advanced Field Engineer, Assistant Resident Engineer, Resident Engineer, District Maintenance Engineer, and currently, District Engineer in District 7, Camden.

Jeff Venable has worked in various locations with the Department, starting with 3.5 years in the Hope Resident 32 office, 9 years in the Hot Springs Resident 64 office, 6.5 years in the West Little Rock Resident 65 office, 6 years in the Camden Resident 74 office, 6 years in Camden District as District Maintenance Engineer and 1+ years in Camden as District Engineer. Over his career, he has been involved with numerous roadway and bridge construction projects, various maintenance projects as well as several municipal streets, drainage, and land development projects.

Jeff Venable is originally from Hot Springs, Arkansas and has been married to Debbie Venable of Ruston, LA for 42+ years. They have 2 sons, Scott and Shawn Venable, and granddaughter, Lorelai.