Nicole Nason

Nicole Nason is the 26th Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.

Nicole Nason
26th Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Assumed office
May 7, 2019
PresidentDonald J. Trump
DeputyBrandye Hendrickson
Preceded byGregory G. Nadeau
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
In office
December 2017 – March 11, 2019
PresidentDonald J. Trump
Preceded byHarry Mahar (Acting)
Succeeded byJohn Dinkelman (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Nicole Robilotto

(1970-08-12) August 12, 1970[1]
Bay Shore, New York
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)David Nason
Children3
Alma materAmerican University (BA)
Case Western Reserve University (JD)[2]

Nicole Nason's career in the Department of Transportation began in March 2003 when she was appointed to Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs and two years later was nominated by President Bush in January 2006 to be the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She remained in that post until August 2008. According to former EPA staff, she impeded their efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles by failing to coordinate with them.[3] She also ordered NHTSA employees not to communicate with the press in divergence from previous policy.[4] Nason was appointed a senior advisor to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in June 2017. In December of that year, she was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Administration by President Trump. In January 2019, she was added to a package of 17 nominations to be voted on by the Senate in March.[5]

On January 4, 2019, President Trump nominated her to serve as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.[5] On March 28, 2019, she was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 95–1[6] and was sworn in May 7, 2019.[7]

References
  1. "Nicole R. Nason NNDB". Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. "Nicole R. Nason". Archived from the original on August 13, 2018.
  3. Joselow, Maxine (April 10, 2019). "POLITICS: New highway chief fought EPA climate rules". E&E News. Environment & Energy Publishing. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. Jensen, Christopher (August 22, 2007). "What's Off the Record at N.H.T.S.A.? Almost Everything". Wheels Blog. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  5. "Trump Nominates Former NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason to Head FHWA". The Eno Center for Transportation. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  6. "Senate Confirms Nicole Nason to Lead Federal Highway Administration".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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