Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation)
| Mary Peters | |
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| 15th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office October 17, 2006 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Maria Cino (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ray LaHood |
| Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration | |
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In office October 2, 2001 – July 29, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth R. Wykle |
| Succeeded by | J. Richard Capka |
| Personal details | |
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December 4, 1948 Peoria, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Phoenix (BA) |
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 after Elizabeth Dole.
Peters was born in Peoria, Arizona. She attended the University of Phoenix for her BA.
Peters joined the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull to serve as its director in 1998.
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.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. 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.
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 questions about her eligibility would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, but instead served as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods). Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
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