The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the President of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States,and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006,as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order,or relative preeminence,for domestic and foreign government officials at diplomatic,ceremonial,and social events within the United States and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy,and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents,vice presidents,first ladies,second ladies,and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.
James Horace Burnley IV is an American politician and lawyer. He served as the United States Secretary of Transportation from 1987 until 1989,during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. He is a partner at Venable LLP in Washington,D.C.
Garrett E. Brown Jr. is a former United States District Judge and later the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes,injuries,and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
John Davis Porcari is an American government official who served as United States deputy secretary of transportation and is currently serving as the Port Envoy to the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. He was nominated by the Obama administration in April 2009 and confirmed by the Senate on May 21,2009. Porcari resigned from his position as Deputy Secretary on December 27,2013.
Salvatore Richard Martoche is an American lawyer and a retired judge of the NYS Supreme Court,Appellate Division.
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
James Stuart "Jim" Simpson is the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Transportation (NJDOT),from 2010–2014,and a former federal government official and moving company executive.
John E. Jamian is an American businessman,former U.S. government official,and Michigan State Legislator. He served as deputy and later acting maritime administrator,the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration,an agency of the United States Department of Transportation,from 2003 until 2006. He was confirmed as deputy maritime administrator by the Senate on May 7,2003 and became acting maritime administrator February 12,2005. Prior to his service at the Maritime Administration,Jamian was elected to three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he served as executive director of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and from 2001 until his appointment as deputy director in 2003 as the executive director the Armenian Assembly of America. Between 2011 and 2015,Jamian resumed his role as executive director at the Port of Detroit. Since returning to private life in 2015,he has held the position of Chief Operations Officer for Troy,Michigan based AmeriCare Medical Inc. and continues to serve as the Armenian Assembly of America's State of Michigan Director.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as the United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
Thomas J. Madison,Jr. was confirmed by the United States Senate to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation on August 1,2008. He was sworn in as Administrator on August 18,2008.
J. Richard "Rick" Capka was sworn in as the 16th Federal Highway Administrator on May 31,2006 and served until he resigned on January 24,2008. Previously,Capka had been appointed the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in August 2002 and was the Acting Administrator since August 2005. In those capacities,he helped to prepare the Bush administration's proposed transportation reauthorization legislation;to shape the management of highway mega-projects and;to develop national programs and initiatives to relieve congestion. He was also the first U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) official to deploy to Iraq (2003) and led the highly successful federal response to the tragic 2007 collapse of the I-35 W Bridge in Minneapolis,MN.
Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg is an American civic employee who previously served as the Interim President of the New York City Transit Authority from 2020 to 2021,and a former Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. She was nominated for the role of MTA Chairperson but was ultimately not selected for the position. Her background is mostly in communications.
Meera Joshi is an American attorney and government official who has been serving as deputy mayor for operations for New York City since January 2022. She previously served as the deputy and acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and New York City Taxi and Limousine Commissioner.
Amitabha Bose is an American attorney and transportation policy advisor who is the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Bose has served as deputy administrator since January 2021 and was confirmed by the Senate on January 12,2022. He is the first person of South Asian descent to lead the FRA.
Robert Esteban Martinez is an American politician who served under governor George Allen as the 8th Virginia Secretary of Transportation. He also served as Deputy Administrator for the United States Maritime Administration and was named by President George H. W. Bush to Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation and Director of the Office of Intermodalism.
