A regional transportation agency that plays a key role in deciding how to spend billions of dollars of federal funding is about to get a new leader.
The Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, commonly known as AAMPO, has appointed as its new executive director Brendon Wheeler, a professional engineer who most recently served as senior program manager for metropolitan transportation planning at the North Central Texas Council of Governments, an organization coordinating regional projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
Wheeler was chosen through a nationwide search conducted after the prior executive director, Isidro “Sid” Martinez, stepped down at the end of 2024. Wheeler’s appointment is subject to the approval of AAMPO’s Transportation Policy Board at its Jan. 26 meeting, according to a news release from AAMPO. He would then assume the role on Feb. 2…