Warren E. Hoemann
FMCSA Deputy Administrator

Warren E. Hoemann ("Hay-man") is the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Mr. Hoemann was appointed to the position of Chief Counsel by U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta in March 2003 and became Deputy Administrator upon confirmation of Administrator Annette M. Sandberg in August.

The FMCSA has more than 1,000 employees throughout the United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who are responsible for improving truck and bus safety on the nation's highways. The agency's safety goal is to reduce the large truck fatality rate by 41 percent from 1996 to 2008.

Mr. Hoemann served as vice president of the California Trucking Association (CTA), where he oversaw the accounting, safety, seminars and training, public affairs, and highway policy departments. The CTA represents the trucking industry and its affiliated suppliers before the California legislature and state agencies.

While at the California Trucking Association, Hoemann worked closely with the California Highway Patrol to align the industry's motor carrier safety audits and vehicle inspections. He was a member of California's Safe Delivery of Fuels Task Force and was the industry contact concerning anti-terrorism issues.

Before working for the CTA, Mr. Hoemann was the vice president of government relations for Yellow Corporation, where he handled the company's political and legislative affairs in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Congress. Based in Overland Park, Kansas, Yellow Corporation is one of the nation's largest motor carriers, with revenues of more than $3 billion. It is the parent company of Yellow Freight System.

From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Hoemann was the general counsel for the Western Highway Institute, a nonprofit trucking industry research organization. He started his career as a private attorney representing motor carriers.

Mr. Hoemann is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, with a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law. He has studied international law at Cambridge University in England and has spoken at universities on trucking issues.

Revised September 30, 2003