Ray Newby is a professional geoscientist with over 25 years of experience in coastal restoration and resilience planning. He is a Waterways Coordinator for the TxDOT Maritime Division where his duties include dredged material management, real estate acquisition, beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) project coordination, and strategic planning. Prior to joining TxDOT in May 2022, he worked in private consulting and at the Texas General Land Office (GLO) leading coastal restoration and shoreline protection projects. While at GLO, Ray was on the Houston-Galveston Beneficial Uses Group and coordinated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District to implement coastal habitat restoration projects using dredged material. Ray was also the GLO’s project manager on the USACE Sabine to Galveston Bay and the Coastal Texas mega project feasibility studies.