The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan federal fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
Helen Bentley was an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995. Before entering politics,she had been a leading maritime reporter and journalist.
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is an independent state agency responsible for financing,constructing,operating,and maintaining eight transportation facilities,currently consisting of two toll roads,two tunnels,and four bridges in Maryland. It also provides the Maryland Department of Transportation with financing for other revenue producing transportation projects.
The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania is a graduate school of public policy and public management. Founded in 1937 by Samuel Simeon Fels of the Fels Naptha Soap Company,the Fels Institute prepares its students for public leadership positions in city,state,and federal agencies,elective politics,nonprofit organizations,and private firms with close connections to the public sector.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is an agency created in 1937 to construct,finance,operate,and maintain the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The commission consists of five members. Four members are appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania,while the fifth member is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation.
The Red Line is a proposed east–west transit line for Baltimore,Maryland. The original project was granted federal approval to enter the preliminary engineering phase and the Maryland Transit Administration had spent roughly $300 million in planning,design and land acquisition,until Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared his intent not provide state funds for the project and shift state funding to roads in suburban areas. The original Red Line had been projected to cost roughly $1.6 billion,$900 million of which would have been guaranteed federal funding. Its construction had been estimated to begin in late 2015–early 2016,subject to funding,with a completion date set for late 2021–early 2022.
Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is a shipping port along the tidal basins of the three branches of the Patapsco River in Baltimore,Maryland on the upper northwest shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the nation's largest port facilities for specialized cargo and passenger facilities. It is operated by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA),a unit of the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Sean Thomas Connaughton is an American attorney who was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2010 until 2014. He served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration,an agency of the United States Department of Transportation,from 2006 until early 2009. Connaughton served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from January 1,2000 until his appointment as Maritime Administrator. He is also a lawyer,unsuccessful 2005 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,former United States Coast Guard officer,and a retired officer of the United States Naval Reserve. He was confirmed as Maritime Administrator by the Senate on August 3,2006.
Daniel Scott Sullivan is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Alaska since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan previously served as the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources from 2010 to 2013,and as the Alaska Attorney General from 2009 to 2010.
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.
Christopher Owen Ward is an American civil servant who served as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from May 1,2008,until November 1,2011,and as New York City Department of Environmental Protection commissioner from 2002 to 2005.
Otis France Rolley is the former planning director of Baltimore,serving from July 2003 until 2007. He was a Democratic candidate for mayor of Baltimore in 2011.
Polly Ellen Trottenberg is an American government official who is serving as Deputy Secretary of Transportation under Pete Buttigieg since April 14,2021. She served as the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from June 2023 to October 2023. She previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation from 2014 to 2020.
Thomas P. Glynn III is a senior official at Harvard University overseeing the Harvard Allston Land Company,a new entity to develop commercial real estate in the Allston land owned by Harvard. He is the former chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority,former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and United States Deputy Secretary of Labor. Since May,2023,he has served as chair of the MBTA's board of directors.
Louis Ernest Sola is an American businessman and politician,who is currently Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission. Sola currently works under Chairman Daniel B. Maffei and alongside Commissioners Rebecca F. Dye,Max Vekich and Carl Bentzel.
Joel Szabat is a former American government official and military officer. In August 2018,Szabat was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in a unanimous voice vote on January 2,2019. Szabat became Acting Under Secretary in June,2019.
SS William MacLay was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William MacLay,a politician from Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay,along with Robert Morris,was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to the United States Senate. Following his tenure in the Senate,he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on two separate occasions,as a county judge,and as a presidential elector.
SS William Paca was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Paca,a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence from Maryland,a delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress from Maryland,Governor of Maryland and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
SS Ralph Izard was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ralph Izard,an American politician. He was appointed commissioner to the Court of Tuscany by the Continental Congress in 1776,but was recalled in 1779. He returned to America in 1780,and pledged his large estate in South Carolina,for the payment of war ships to be used in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. In 1788,he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4,1789,to March 4,1795,serving as President pro tempore of the United States Senate during the Third Congress.
