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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott, III announced
today that the agency designated Board Member Francis P. Mulvey as its Vice
Chairman. He succeeds former Vice Chairman Ann D. Begeman, who served in
that capacity from May 2, 2011 – January 3, 2012 and continues to serve as
a Board Member. The Board’s Vice Chairmanship rotates among the Members on
an annual basis.
Vice Chairman Mulvey, the eighth
Member since the Board’s creation in
1996, was nominated to the agency by
President George W. Bush on November
17, 2003, and was confirmed by the
Senate on May 21, 2004, for a term of
office ending December 31, 2007.
President Bush nominated the Vice
Chairman to a second term as a Member
on November 30, 2007, and he was
confirmed by the Senate on December
19, 2007, for a term ending December
31, 2012. Vice Chairman Mulvey was
designated the Board’s Acting Chairman
on March 12, 2009, by President Barack
Obama, and he served in that capacity
until August 13, 2009. He most
recently served as the Board’s Vice
Chairman from January 5, 2010 –
January 4, 2011.
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