Braden Duran

Caltrans D6 Office Chief, Transportation Planning

Fresno, California, United States

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Experience

  • Caltrans (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Supervising Transportation Planner
      Jan 2026 - Present · 10 mos

      Office Chief (Supervising Transportation Planner) at Caltrans District 6 covering Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern counties. Responsible for leading the efforts of Regional Planning, System Planning, and Local Development Review branches as well as the speciality functions covering Investment Planning, Active Transportation, Transit Planning, Climate Resiliency and Adaptation, and Community Engagement and Coordination.

    • Senior Transportation Planner
      Dec 2022 - Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Senior Award Travel Consultant at point.me
    Oct 2022 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Fresno Council of Governments (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Associate Regional Planner
      Jan 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Project and program management for a region-leading MPO/RTPA. Focused on implementing the vision of the Fresno COG Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy.

    • Assistant Regional Planner
      Jul 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Intern at UC San Diego Environment Health & Safety (EH&S)
    Sep 2017 - May 2018 · 9 mos