Leadership and Key Officials
The Office of the Under Secretary comprises multiple offices with a broad range of functions and missions, including domestic and international transportation policy development and implementation, economic and legislative analysis, regulatory oversight, credit assistance, and innovative financing opportunities.
Christopher Coes, Acting Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
Mariia Zimmerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Carol A. (Annie) Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
Seth Gainer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
Cindy Baraban, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
Scott Goldstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Felicia Alexander, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Veronica P. McBeth, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Ann Shikany, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Allison Dane Camden, Deputy Asst. Sec for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy
Dr. Robert Hampshire, Principal Deputy Asst. Sec for Research and Tech
Maria Lefevre, Executive Director, Under Secretary for Policy
Dr. Morteza Farajian, Executive Director, Build America Bureau
Coral Torres, Senior Advisor
Ross Templeton, Labor Policy Advisor
Jennifer Howard, Chief Competition Officer
Jamise Harper, Advisor and Director of Operations
Harriet Tregoing, Senior Advisor for Land Use
Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
Felicia Alexander, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Mariia Zimmerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Scott Goldstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Ann Shikany, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Veronica McBeth, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Juli Huynh, Director, Policy Coordination and Development
Darren Timothy, Director, Office of the Chief Economist
April Marchese Director, Environment
John Augustine Director, Office of Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Ricki Wells, Policy Advisor for Transportation Policy
Kelly Buckland, Disability Policy Advisor
Marilyn Shazor, Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation Policy
Lindsey Teel , Advisor for Policy and Program Implementation
Julianne Rhinebeck, Advisor for Policy and Program Implementation
Carol A. (Annie) Petsonk, Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
Seth Gainer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
Cindy Baraban, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Julie Abraham, Director, Office of International Transportation and Trade
Benjamin Taylor, Director, Office of International Aviation
Todd Homan, Director, Office of Aviation Analysis
Peter Irvine, Deputy Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, and Executive Lead for Aviation Policy
Dr. Morteza Farajian, Ph.D, Executive Director, Build America Bureau
Duane Callender, Director, Credit Programs
Currently Vacant, Director, Outreach and Project Development
Currently Vacant, Director, Technical Assistance
Rosalyn G. Millman, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director
Dimitri Kombolias, Business Operations Manager
Currently Vacant, Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Dr. Robert Hampshire, Principal Deputy Asst. Sec for Research and Tech; Chief Science Officer
Ben Levine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Karen Van Dyke, Director, Office of Position, Navigation and Time & Spectrum Management
Dr. Firas Ibrahim, Director, Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Anne Aylward, Director, Volpe Transportation Systems Center
Patricia Hu, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Rolf Schmitt, Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Tim Klein, Director, Office of Technology Policy and Outreach
Robert Heilman, Director, Highly Automated Systems Safety (HASS) Center of Excellence
Dr. Troy Jackson, Director, Transportation Safety Institute
Stephen Popkin, Deputy, Research and Technology at Volpe
Gregory Joyner, Air Traffic Systems and Operations at Volpe
Maura Lohrenz, Safety Management and Human Factors at Volpe
Sue Connors, Deputy of Operations at Volpe
Greg Flemming, Policy, Planning and Environment at Volpe
Luisa Paiewonsky, Infrastructure Systems and Technology
Allison Dane Camden, Principal Deputy Asst. Sec for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy
Andrew Petrisin, Deputy Asst. Sec for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy
Currently Vacant, Director for Multimodal Freight
Paul Baumer, Acting Deputy Director for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure
Chandra Bondzie, Deputy Director for Multimodal Freight Operations
David Correll, Deputy Director for Multimodal Freight Research
Stephanie Pollack, Director
Stephen Goepfert, Deputy Director
Stephanie Pollack, Director
Andrew Doctoroff, Supervisory Transportation Specialist