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.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs,the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry,Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads.
Shana L. Dale is an American politician and lawyer. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009.
The Arizona Department of Transportation is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's highway system,the agency is also involved with public transportation and municipal airports. The department was created in 1974 when the state merged the Arizona Highway Department with the Arizona Department of Aeronautics.
State Route 67 is a 43.4 mi (69.8 km) long,north–south state highway in northern Arizona. Also called the Kaibab Plateau –North Rim Parkway,SR 67 is the sole road that links U.S. Route 89A at Jacob Lake to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Along the route,the road heads through the national park as well as Kaibab National Forest and traverses extensive coniferous forests. The section inside the national park is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS),whereas the section north of the entrance,completely within Kaibab National Forest,is owned by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The road was built in the late 1920s and improved through the 1930s. In 1941,the road received its number,and was given its designation as the parkway in the 1980s. The parkway has received designations as a National Forest Scenic Byway as well as a National Scenic Byway.
Mary E. Peters is an American government official who served as the 15th United States secretary of transportation from 2006 to 2009,under President George W. Bush. She was the second woman to hold that position after Elizabeth Dole.
Francis Cutler Turner was an American administrator,who headed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from March 30,1969,to June 30,1972.
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.
Nicole Robilotto Nason is an American government official who served as the 26th Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 2019 to 2021. Nason previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.
Michael Peter Huerta is an American government official who served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from 2013 to 2018. He was also Acting U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump for 11 days in 2017 until the Senate confirmed the appointment of Elaine Chao to the position.
Gregory G. Nadeau is an American politician and former Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration which he served from 2015 to 2017.
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.
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Richard Wykle is a retired American Army officer and civil servant who served as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration under the second Clinton administration.
Robert E. Farris was sworn in as Federal Highway Administrator on June 8,1988,after serving as the FHWA's Deputy Federal Highway Administrator from August 1986.
Paul Trombino III is an American engineer and government official. He served as director of the Iowa Department of Transportation from 2011 to 2016. Trombino was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),but withdrew in December 2017.
Brandye Hendrickson was named Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration on July 24,2017,after having been Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation. She also became Acting Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration until Nicole Nason was confirmed by the Senate. On July 19,2019,Brandye left her position to take another Deputy position as American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Joel Szabat is a former American government official and military officer serving on the Amtrak Board of Directors since 2024. He previously served as Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs.
Shailen P. Bhatt is an American transportation official who has served as administrator of the Federal Highway Administration since January 2023.
