Deb Miller

Debra L. Miller (born on 25. December 1954 in Scott City , Kansas , when Debra L. Harrison ) is a former Minister of Transport of the State of Kansas and a member of the American regulatory Surface Transportation Board .

Life

Debra L. Miller studied at Pratt Community College from 1973 to 1974 . This was followed by studies at Kansas State University , which she graduated in December 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology . From June 1977 to July 1978 she served as the executive director of the Kansas Student Union. She then worked at Southwestern Bell until November 1980 . From November 1980 through September 1984, she was a strategy advisor to the Democratic governor of Kansas, John Carlin . She then moved to the Kansas Department of Transportation. Until March 1986 she was assistant to the Minister of Transport. She then worked as a director for planning and development. With the election of Republican Governor Mike Hayden , this employment ended in March 1997. From February 1998 to January 2003, she worked for the engineering and architecture firm HNTB Corporation. The newly elected Governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed her as Kansas Secretary of Transportation in January 2003. She held this position until December 2011, under Republican Governor Sam Brownback since January . From 2012 to 2014 she worked for the consulting firm Cambridge Systematics , which specializes in the transport sector. At the same time, she was a consultant for the Eno Transportation Foundation from October 2011 .

On September 25, 2013, she was nominated by President Barack Obama for Francis P. Mulvey's seat on the Surface Transportation Board. It was confirmed by the Senate on April 9, 2014, and on April 28, 2014 she began her term of office, which ended on December 31, 2017. From January 1, 2015 to June 26, 2015, she was the acting head of the authority. On December 31, 2018, after the permitted transition year, she ended her position on the Surface Transportation Board. She has been with the Transportation Research Board since then.

She lives in Topeka and is married. She has a son from a previous marriage.

Web links

• Biographical information from the minutes of the congress hearing
• Railway Age September 26, 2013. "STB nominee Miller: A fresh perspective "

Individual evidence

1. ^ Miller withdraws from STB contention. March 1, 2019, Retrieved March 4, 2019 (American English).