Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation)

Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation): Mary Peters

15th United States Secretary of Transportation

In office
October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009

President George W. Bush

Preceded by Norman Mineta

Succeeded by Ray Lahood

Personal details

Born December 4, 1948 (1948-12-04) (age 62)
Peoria, Arizona

Political party Republican

Alma mater University of Phoenix

Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.^[1]

Contents

1 Biography

1.1 Public service career

1.2 Arizona gubernatorial election speculation

1.3 Transportation Secretary

2 Policies

3 References

4 External links

Biography

Peters was born in Peoria, Arizona.

Public service career

Peters joined the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull to serve as its director in 1998. ^[2]

After George W. Bush took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. She worked in that capacity until 2005.^[3]

In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.^[4] She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.

Arizona gubernatorial election speculation

In 2005, there was speculation that Peters would run for governor of Arizona in 2006. At the time, however, she said, while she believed she would have been a strong candidate, and was eligible to run despite having lived and registered to vote in Virginia, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race.^[5]^[6] She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.

Transportation Secretary

Mary Peters being sworn in as the Secretary of Transportation by White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten on October 17, 2006

On September 5, 2006, Bush nominated Peters to replace Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation.^[7] She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate.^[8]^[9]

Policies

Peters is an advocate of leasing U.S. roads and interstates to private companies and having user fees (i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.^[10]

Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.^[11]

Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.

References

^ "Biographical Sketches of the Secretaries of Transportation", U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Historian. Retrieved Feb 24, 2010.

^ [1]

^ [2]

^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090500514.html

^ http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2005/09/26/daily59.html

^ http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645198978,00.html

^ http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-5.html

^ Official biography from the Department of Transportation

^ Confirmation of the U.S. Senate on September 29, 2006

^ Transportation secretary backs toll, lease options - Pennsyltucky Politics

^ www.teamster.org

External links

Biography at the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

Political offices

Preceded by
Norman Mineta United States Secretary of Transportation
Served under: George W. Bush
2006–2009 Succeeded by
Ray LaHood

v · d · eUnited States Secretaries of Transportation

Boyd • Volpe • Brinegar • Coleman • Adams • Goldschmidt • Lewis • Dole • Burnley • Skinner • Card • Peña • Slater • Mineta • Peters • LaHood

v · d · eCabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)

Cabinet

Secretary of State
Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)

Secretary of the Treasury
Paul O'Neill (2001–2002) • John W. Snow (2003–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009)

Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009)

Attorney General
John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)

Secretary of the Interior
Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)

Secretary of Agriculture
Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009)

Secretary of Commerce
Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)

Secretary of Labor
Elaine Chao (2001–2009)

Secretary of Health and
Human Services
Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)

Secretary of Education
Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)

Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Mel Martinez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009)

Secretary of Transportation
Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009)

Secretary of Energy
Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009)

Secretary of Homeland Security
Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)

Cabinet-level

Vice President
Dick Cheney (2001–2009)

White House Chief of Staff
Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)

Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen L. Johnson (2005–2009)

Director of the Office of
Management and Budget
Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009)

Director of National Drug
Control Policy
John P. Walters (2001–2009)

Trade Representative
Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) • Rob Portman (2005–2006) • Susan Schwab (2006–2009)

Persondata

Name Peters, Mary E.

Alternative names

Short description 15th United States Secretary of Transportation

Date of birth 1948-12-04

Place of birth Arizona, United States

Date of death

Place of death

Categories:
Living people
People from Phoenix, Arizona
State cabinet secretaries of Arizona
United States Secretaries of Transportation
University of Phoenix alumni
University of Bridgeport alumni
George W. Bush Administration cabinet members
People from Peoria, Arizona
Arizona Republicans
1948 births
American people of Dutch descent
Women in Arizona politics
Women members of the Cabinet of the United States

Mary Peters

15th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Norman Mineta
Succeeded by	Ray Lahood
Personal details
Born	December 4, 1948 (1948-12-04) (age 62) Peoria, Arizona
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Phoenix

Political offices
Preceded by Norman Mineta	United States Secretary of Transportation Served under: George W. Bush 2006–2009	Succeeded by Ray LaHood

Persondata
Name	Peters, Mary E.
Alternative names
Short description	15th United States Secretary of Transportation
Date of birth	1948-12-04
Place of birth	Arizona, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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