LibGuides: Archives and DOT History: Dates of Service: Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and Heads of the Operating Administrations

United States Department of Transportation - Date of Service

Secretaries

Alan S. Boyd	January 16, 1967-January 20, 1969
John A. Volpe	January 22, 1969-February 1, 1973
Claude S. Brinegar	February 2, 1973-February 1, 1975
William T. Coleman, Jr.	March 7, 1975-Janurary 20, 1977
Brockman Adams	January 23, 1977-July 20, 1979
W. Graham Claytor, Jr.	(acting)
Neil E. Goldschmidt	August 15, 1979-January 20, 1981
Andrew L. "Drew" Lewis, Jr.	January 23, 1981-February 1, 1983
Elizabeth H. Dole	February 7, 1983-September 30, 1987
James H. Burnley IV	December 3, 1987-January 30, 1989
Samuel K. Skinner	February 6, 1989-December 13, 1991
James B. Busey IV	(acting)
Andrew H. Card, Jr.	February 24, 1992-January 20, 1993
Federico F. Peña	January 21, 1993-February 14, 1997
Rodney E. Slater	February 14, 1997-January 20, 2001
Mortimer L. Downey III	(acting)
Norman Y. Mineta	January 25, 2001-August 7, 2006
Maria Cino	(acting)
Mary E. Peters	October 17, 2006-January 20, 2009
Ray LaHood	January 23, 2009-July 2, 2013
Anthony Foxx	July 2, 2013-January 20, 2017
Michael Huerta	(acting)
Elaine L. Chao	January 31, 2017-January 11, 2021
Steven G. Bradbury	(acting)
Lana Hurdle	(acting)
Peter P. Montgomery Buttigieg	February 3, 2021-

Under Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries

Administrators	Dates of Service
Everett Hutchinson	1967-1968
John E. Robson	1968-1969
James M. Beggs	March 1969-February 1, 1973
Egil “Bud” Krogh, Jr.	February 1-May 9, 1973
John W. Barnum	May 30, 1973-January 20, 1977
Alan A. Butchman	January 24, 1977-July 22, 1979
William J. Beckham, Jr.	October 18, 1979-January 20, 1981
Darrell M. Trent	January 29, 1981-May 1, 1983
James H. Burnley IV	November 22, 1983-December 2, 1987
Mimi Weyforth Dawson	December 3, 1987-January 30, 1989
Elaine L. Chao	April 19, 1989-October 18, 1991
James B. Busey IV	December 4, 1961-February 21, 1992
Arthur J. Rothkopf	June 9, 1992-January 20, 1993
Mortimer L. Downey III	May 28, 1993-January 20, 2001
Michael P. Jackson	May 3, 2001-August 28, 2003
Kirk K. Van Tine (acting)	May 28, 2004-January 3, 2005
Maria Cino	May 6, 2005-March 3, 2007
Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett	June 1, 2007-May 1, 2009
John D. Porcari	May 21, 2009-December 27, 2013
Victor M. Mendez (acting)	December 27, 2013-July 24, 2014
Victor M. Mendez	July 24, 2014-January 20, 2017
Jeffrey A. Rosen	May 16, 2017-May 16, 2019
Stephen G. Bradbury (acting)	September 10, 2019-January 20, 2021
Polly E. Trottenberg	April 14, 2021-

Under Secretaries of Transportation for Policy

The position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy was established by Sec. 215 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-295; November 25, 2002).

Administrators	Dates of Service
Jeffrey N. Shane	March 19, 2003-February 1, 2008
Roy W. Kienitz	April 29, 2009-November 30, 2012
Polly E. Trottenberg	January 1, 2013-December 1, 2013
Peter T. Rogoff	July 24, 2014-Decembber 21, 2015
Blair Anderson	July 14, 2016-January 20, 2017
Derek T. Kan	November 13, 2017-July 10, 2019
Joel Szabat (acting)	July 10, 2019-January 20, 2021
Carlos A. Monje, Jr.	June 24, 2021-

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Administrators	Dates of Service
Lewis G. Castle	1954-1960
Martin W. Oettershagen (acting)	1960-1961
Martin W. Oettershagen	1961
Joseph H. McCann	1962-69
David W. Oberlin	1969-1983
James L. Emery	1983-1990
Stanford E. Parris	1990-1995
Gail C. McDonald	1996
David G. Sanders (acting)	1997-1999
Albert S. Jacquez	1999-2006
Collister Johnson, Jr.	2006-2012
Craig Middebrook (acting)	2012-2013
Betty Sutton	2013-2017
Adam Tindall-Schlict	2022-

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
Julie Anna Cirillo (acting Deputy)	2000
Clyde J. Hart, Jr. (acting)	200-2001
Joseph M. Clapp	2001-2002
Annette M. Sandberg (acting)	2002-2003
Annette Sandberg	2003-2006
John H. Hill	2006-2009
Anne S. Ferro	2009-2014
Scott Darling	2014-2017
Raymond P. Martinez	2018-2019
Jim Mullen (acting)	2021-2022
Meera Joshi (acting)	2022
Robin Hutcheson	2022-

Federal Highway Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
Lowell K. Bridwell	1967-1969
Francis C. Turner	1969-1972
Norbert T. Tiemann	1973-1977
William M. Cox	1977-1978
Karl S. Bowers	1978-1980
John S. Hassell, Jr.	1980-1981
Ray A. Barnhart	1981-1987
Robert E. Farris	1988-1989
Thomas D. Larson	1989-1993
Rodney E. Slater	1993-1997
Kenneth R. Wykle	1997-2001
Mary E. Peters	2001-2005
J. Richard Capka	2006-2008
James Ray (acting)	2008
Thomas J. Madison, Jr.	2008 - 2009
Victor M. Mendez	2009 - 2014
Gregory G. Nadeau	2015 – 2017
Nicole R. Nason	2019-2021
Stephanie Pollack (acting)	2021-

Federal Railroad Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
A. Scheffer Lang	1967-1969
Reginald Whitman, 1969	1969-1970
John Ingram	1971-1974
Asaph H. Hall	1974-1977
John M. Sullivan	1977-1981
Robert W. Blanchette	1981-1983
John H. Riley	1983-1989
Gilbert Carmichael	1989=1993
Jolene Molitoris	1993-2000
Allan Rutter	2001-2004
Betty Monro	2004-2005
Joseph H. Boardman	2005=2008
Joe Szabo	2009-2014
Sarah Feinberg	2015-2018
Ronald Batory	2018-2021
Amit Bose	2021-

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (formerly the National Highway Safety Bureau)

Administrators	Dates of Service
William Haddon, Jr.	1966-1969
Dr. Robert Brenner (acting)	1969-1970
Douglas W. Toms	1970-1973
Dr. James B. Gregory	1973-1976
John W. Snow	1976-1977
Joan B. Claybrook	1977-1981
Raymond A. Peck, Jr.	1981-1983
Diane K. Steed	1983-1989
Jerry Ralph Curry	1989-1992
Marion C. Blakey	1992-1993
Ricardo Martinez	1994-1999
Rosalyn G. Millman (acting)	1999-2000
Sue Bailey	2000=2001
Jeffrey W. Runge	2001-2005
Nicole Nason	2006-2008
David Kelly (acting)	2008-2009
David Strickland	2010-2014
Mark Rosekind	2014-2017
Steven Cliff	2022

Federal Aviation Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
William F. McKee	1965-1968
John H. Shaffer	1969-1973
Alexander P. Butterfield	1973-1975
Dr. John L. McLucas	1975-1977
Langhorne M. Bond	1977-1981
J. Lynn Helms	1981-1983
Donald D. Engen	1984-1987
T. Allan McArtor	1987-1989
James B. Busey IV	1989-1991
Thomas C. Richards	1992-1993
David R. Hinson	1993-1996
Linda Hall Daschle (acting)	1996-97
Barry Valentine (acting)	1997
Jane F. Garvey	1997-2002
Marion C. Blakey	2002-2007
Robert A. Sturgill (acting)	2007-2009
Lynne Osmus (acting)	2009
J. Randolph Babbitt	2009-2011
Michael P. Huerta (acting)	2013-2017
Daniel Elwell (acting)	2017-2019
Stephen M. Dickson	2019-present

Surface Transportation Board

Chair	Dates of Service
Linda J. Morgan	1996-2002
Roger Nober	2002-2006
W. Douglas Buttrey	2006
Charles D. Nottingham	2006-2009
Francis P. Mulvey (acting)	2009
Daniel R. Elliott III	2009-2014
Deb Miller (acting)	2015
Daniel R. Elliott III	2015-2018
Martin J. Oberman	2021-

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) was formally part of the Research and Technology Administration (RITA) before becoming part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.

Directors	Dates of Service
Dr. Tritruvarur R. Lakshmanan	1994-1998
Dr. Ashish K. Sen	1998-2002
Richard R. (“Rick”) Kowalewski (acting)	2002-2006
Dr. Steven D. (“Steve”) Dillingham	2007-2010
Patricia S. Hu	2011-

Federal Transit Administration (formerly the Urban Mass Transportation Administration)

Administrators	Dates of Service
Paul L. Sitton	1966-1969
Carlos C. Villarreal	1969-1973
Frank C. Herringer	1973-1975
Robert E. Patricelli	1975-1977
Richard S. Page	1977-1979
Gary Gayton (acting)	1979
Theodore C. Lutz	1979-1981
Arthur E. Teele	1981-1983
Ralph L. Stanley	1983-1987
Alfred A. Dellibovi	1987-1989
Brian H. Clymer	1989-1993
Gordon J. Linton	1993-1999
Nuria I. Fernandez (acting)	1999-2001
Hiram J. Walker (acting)	2001
Jennifer L. Dorn	2001-2006
James S. Simpson	2006-2008
Sherry Little (acting)	2009
Matthew Welbes (acting)	2009
Peter Rogoff	2009-2011
Therese McMillan (acting)	2014-2016
Carolyn Flowers (acting)	2016-2017
Matthew Welbes (acting)	2017
K. Jane Williams	2017-2021
Nuria I. Fernandez (acting)	2021
Nuria I. Fernandez	2021-2024

Maritime Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
Edward L. Cochrane	1950-1952
Albert W. Gatov	1952-1953
Louis S. Rothschild	1953-1955
Clarence G. Morse	1955-1960
Ralph E. Wilson	1960-1961
Donald W. Alexander	1961-1963
Nicholas Johnson	1964-1966
Andrew E. Gibson	1969-1972
Robert J. Blackwell	1972-1979
Harold E. Shear	1981-1985
John Gaughan	1985-1989
Warren G. Leback	1989-1993
Joan Yim (acting)	1993
Albert G. Herberger	1993-1997
John E. Graykowski (acting)	1997-1998
Clyde J. Hart, Jr.	1998-2000
John E. Graykowski (acting)	2000-2001
William G. Schubert	2001-2005
Sean Connaughton	2006-2009
David T. Matsuda	2009-2013
Paul N. “Chip” Jaenichen	2014-2017
Mark H. Buzby	2017-2021
Ann C. Phillips	2022-

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Administrators	Dates of Service
Brigham McCown (acting)	2005-2006
Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett	2006-2007
Krista Edwards (acting)	2007
Carl T. Johnson	2007-2009
Cynthia L. Quarterman	2009-2014
Timothy Butters (acting)	2014-2015
Marie Therese Dominguez	2015-2016
Howard "Skip" Elliott	2017-2021
Tristan Brown	2021-

Transportation Security Administration (now part of the Department of Homeland Security)

Directors	Dates of Service
John W. Magaw	2002
James M. Loy	2002-2003