Thu, Feb 06, 2003
Secretary Mineta Names New Deputy Chief of Staff
US Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta tells us that
Martin T. Whitmer Jr. is the new Deputy Chief of Staff of the
Department of Transportation, replacing Vincent T. Taylor, who last
month became the Assistant Secretary for Administration at the
Department of Transportation.
“I am pleased to advance Martin to Deputy Chief of Staff.
He has helped the Department move forward on many important issues
– most notably surface transportation policy, safety, energy,
and environmental stewardship,” Secretary Mineta
said.
In addition to his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, Whitmer will
also serve as the Secretary’s point person on the
reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21) and the energy bill. Whitmer joined the U.S.
Department of Transportation in March 2001 as an assistant to the
Secretary for policy. In that capacity, he advised the
Secretary on highway, transit, energy, motor carrier and safety
issues.
Before that, from 1997-2001, Whitmer was the Vice President of
Government Relations for the American Road and Transportation
Builders Association (ARTBA), where he directed legislative and
coalition activities that helped enact the TEA-21. Whitmer
served as the Republican lobbyist for the Laborers’
International Union of North America (LIUNA) from 1994-1996.
In 1993, he worked for the National Rifle Association and former
U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm (Texas).
Whitmer earned his undergraduate degree in government at
Georgetown University and received a joint law and master’s
degree from the evening program at the Columbus School of Law at
the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Martin is
from Dallas. He and his wife, Julie, live in Washington,
DC.
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