Manar Nashif is the Deputy Chief of Program Implementation with the Illinois Tollway. He has been with the Illinois Tollway since 2005 working in various capacities primarily in the design and construction phases of Illinois Tollway Capital Improvement projects. Before that he worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign.