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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today that Charles D. ("Chip")
Nottingham was sworn in as the newest Member of the STB, and that he was
designated its new Chairman by President George W. Bush, on August 14,
2006.
Chairman Nottingham's oath of office was administered on August 14 in the
office of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Acting Secretary Maria
Cino in the presence of the current STB Members, W. Douglas Buttrey and
Francis P. Mulvey. Chairman Nottingham was nominated by President Bush to
be an STB Member on June 5, 2006. His nomination was confirmed by the
United States Senate on August 4, 2006. The STB's ninth member and its
fourth Chairman, Chairman Nottingham will serve a term of office ending
December 31, 2010.
Prior to joining the STB, Chairman Nottingham was the Associate
Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs for the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) at the U.S. DOT. From 1999-2002, he served as the
Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Department of Transportation
(VDOT). At VDOT, Chairman Nottingham managed a workforce of 10,500 and
the third largest state-maintained highway system in the Nation. He
previously served as Virginia's Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
From 1995-98, Chairman Nottingham served as Counsel and Chief of Staff for
Congressman Tom Davis (VA-11) and Chief of Staff for Congressman Bob
Goodlatte (VA-6). Prior to his appointment to his previous position at
the FHWA in 2002, Chairman Nottingham served as Counsel to the U.S. House
of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform.
Chairman Nottingham received his B.A. degree in U.S. History from Wesleyan
University, in Middletown, Connecticut, and his J.D. from George Mason
University School of Law in Arlington, VA. The Chairman makes his home in
Fredericksburg, VA, with his wife, Catherine Nottingham, and two young
sons.
In taking the oath of office, Chairman Nottingham said,
"I am deeply honored to have been nominated by President Bush and
confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Chairman of the Surface
Transportation Board. Our Nation's economic health and quality of life
depend on our ability to improve our transportation infrastructure. I
look forward to working at the Surface Transportation Board and to
addressing these infrastructure and other critical issues."
He also thanked Acting Secretary Cino and his colleagues at the FHWA and
U.S. DOT.
The STB is an economic regulatory agency charged by Congress with the
fundamental missions of resolving railroad rate and service disputes and
reviewing proposed railroad mergers. Though administratively affiliated
with the U.S. DOT, the STB is a decisionally independent agency. It was
created by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 and
is the successor agency to the former Interstate Commerce Commission.
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