Keiser succeeds acting district executive Stephen Grimme. The Dauphin County resident has nearly 26 years of PennDOT experience and spent nearly 24 years in District 8 before taking an appointment as assistant district executive for design in the Allentown-based District 5 office, according to a department news release.

The district executive for the local district is in charge of a team of more than 1,100 employees who are responsible for design, construction and maintenance of all state-owned roads and bridges in the eight-county region.

District 8 is the largest of PennDOT's 11 engineering districts with more than 3,400 bridges and nearly 5,240 miles of highway.