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Trump Names Chao to Head DOT; Has Long History of Administrative Leadership
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President-elect Donald Trump has selected former  Labor Secretary and DOT deputy secretary Elaine Chao as his choice for secretary of transportation.
“We are grateful to have an experienced leader in this position who has previously served at the highest levels at the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation,” APTA Chair Doran J. Barnes and APTA Acting President & CEO Richard A. White said in a statement. |
“As the former U.S. Secretary of Labor from 2001-2009, Chao is well aware of the concerns of working people and economic competitiveness. Public transportation offers job access for millions of American workers. Also, since transportation is the backbone of an economy, public transportation is critical to local and national economic competitiveness,” they said.
Chao became the first Asian-American woman to serve in a Cabinet-level position when she headed the Department of Labor during the George W. Bush administration, becoming the only Cabinet member to serve for the entire eight years.
As deputy secretary of transportation under then-Secretary Samuel Skinner in the President George H.W. Bush administration, Chao played a major role in developing a national transportation policy, an initiative that included assessing the national transportation system through 2050, according to news reports. During Skinner’s tenure, ISTEA was enacted, raising the fuel tax overall by 5 cents, of which 0.5 cent was allocated to the Mass Transit Account.
She also has served as president and chief executive officer of United Way of America, director of the Peace Corps, chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, deputy maritime administrator and a White House Fellow.
Prior to her government service, Chao was vice president of syndications at BankAmerica Capital Markets Group and a banker with Citicorp in New York. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chao is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
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