Joseph "Jody" Short, PE, PTOE
President
Dallas, TX
Joseph “Jody” is the President of Lee Engineering and has been with the company in the Dallas office since 1997. He has over 35 years of consulting experience, primarily in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. His experience has included a wide variety of traffic engineering and transportation planning projects since earning his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. Jody’s areas of expertise include traffic operations, traffic design, and transportation planning. He has been a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas since 1994 and has been a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer since 2006.
Mr. Short has taken on leadership roles in ITE throughout his career having served as President of the Texas A&M Student Chapter, the Greater Dallas Area Chapter, and the TexITE District. He was a member of the first LeadershipITE class in 2014. In addition to professional activities, he has taken an active role in the community as a member of the Colleyville Lions Club and has also served five years on the Colleyville Planning and Zoning Commission and three terms on the Colleyville City Council.
Outside of work, Jody enjoys spending time with his wife and watching their three adult children spread their wings. His favorite vacations are in the mountains, where he is either skiing in the winter or hiking in the summer.