As the director of strategic planning and programming for the N.C. Department of Transportation, Kevin Lacy oversees the Transportation Planning Division, Office of Strategic Initiatives and Program Support and Division of Planning and Programming.
Lacy has worked at NCDOT for 28 years, mainly directing the department's Transportation Mobility and Safety Division that encompasses six units: the Traffic Safety Unit, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Signals Unit, Traffic Management Unit, Signing and Delineation Unit, Traffic Systems Operations Unit, and Oversize and Overweight Permit Unit.
A proud member of the class of 1984 at North Lenoir High School in La Grange, Lacy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1994 from N.C. State University. Between high school and completing college, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was stationed in Seattle, Wash., and Fort Macon.
Lacy and his wife, Gina, have two children and four grandchildren.