The Texas Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the selection of Garrett Hager as the Brownwood District Safety Officer. 

In his role, Hager will oversee the district safety program that includes safety education and training, and implementing TxDOT safety policies and procedures throughout the nine-county district.

Hager is a 1996 Bangs High School graduate. He is a 2001 graduate of Texas A&M university with a bachelor’s degree in English literature. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from the Naval Post-Graduate School in 2007.

In 2001, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. After serving 19 years, where he held several leadership positions including safety officer, Hager retired from the USMC in January 2021 as a lieutenant colonel.

Hager and his wife Sarah have five children, Sydney, Ethan, Annsley, Sophie, and Hadley.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time playing disc golf and regular golf, exercising, roasting coffee beans, and building a small hobby farm.

Hager began his new role as safety officer March 22, 2021.

TxDOT’s Brownwood District includes Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Lampasas, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba and Stephens counties.