John Porcari
| John Porcari | |
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| 19th Deputy Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office June 1, 2009 – December 27, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Barrett |
| Succeeded by | Victor Mendez |
| Maryland Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office January 17, 2007 – June 1, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Robert L. Flanagan |
| Succeeded by | Beverley K. Swaim-Staley (acting) |
| Maryland Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office 1999 – 22 March 2003 |
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| Preceded by | David L. Winstead |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Flanagan |
| Personal details | |
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December 14, 1958 Rochester, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
John Davis Porcari (born December 14, 1958, in Rochester, New York) served as United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation. He was nominated by the Obama administration in April 2009 and confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 2009. Porcari resigned his position as the Department's second in command on December 27, 2013.
Porcari holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Dayton and a Master of Public Administration degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
Porcari previously served as the Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation in 1997 and 1998. He subsequently served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation on two separate occasions: first between January 1999 and January 2003 for the administration of Governor Parris Glendening, and then again from January 2007 to June 2009 for the administration of Governor Martin O'Malley. In the intervening period, he served as the Vice President for Administrative Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Serving as Deputy to Secretaries Ray LaHood and Anthony Foxx, Porcari was instrumental in implementing Department programs, including over $3 billion in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants (originating from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) and USDOT's stringent Buy America Act provisions, in place to ensure transportation projects are built by American workers using domestic materials. In addition to serving as operations officer over USDOT's more than 55,000 employees, Deputy Secretary Porcari oversaw resolution on an array of programs and issues, including the vehicle return/rebate program Cash-for-Clunkers, Toyota's recall of 2.3 million vehicles due to unexpected acceleration, and implementation of the Congressional transportation legislation Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21).
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