The City of Hood River has selected Mark Janek as its new public works director. Janek has served as director of public works and engineering in Wheeling, Illinois, a city with a population of 40,000, since 2015, and was was director of community development and engineering there for six years prior to that. He also has 13 years of private sector experience in numerous areas of the Midwest. He has been a land developer and land-use consultant to private companies, municipalities and land owners. Janek has a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design from Syracuse University, and a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning and Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.