Francis named TxDOT Lubbock district engineer

FLOYDADA GRADUATE Kylan Sanders Francis was tapped recently to serve as district engineer for TxDot’s Lubbock District, the first woman to serve in that capacity. | COURTESY PHOTO
FLOYDADA GRADUATE Kylan Sanders Francis was tapped recently to serve as district engineer for TxDot’s Lubbock District, the first woman to serve in that capacity. | COURTESY PHOTO

Kylan Francis, P.E., was recently named the district engineer for TxDOT’s Lubbock District, according to a press release from the agency. She is the first woman to hold the job, and a Floydada High School graduate.

Francis began her career with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in 2005 working as a summer hire for the Plainview area office in the Lubbock District. She was a student at …