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Lee Gottfried

Lee Gottfried

Assistant Director with the Office of Fleet Administration and Support at the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)

Jul 28, 2026

9:03
And I guess the first question is, why was this something that you wanted to get involved with? What drew you to that initially?
9:11
Sure.
9:13
Personally, my mother was a teacher.
9:16
My wife is a training director at another agency.
9:18
So I think I'm kind of predisposed to valuing education and wanting to pass on knowledge.
9:24
And then professionally, Management, supervision, leadership are all difficult.
9:35
And, you know, we have a lot of kind of barriers set up to ensure that when someone is starting in a position in DOT, they have the requisite knowledge to be successful.

14 MINS LATER

23:34
So to kind of wrap up again, just quickly what you guys would say to someone who is thinking, I mean, I'd like to do it, but I don't have anything to offer.

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