Tuesday,
August 5, 2003
Contact: Andy Beck, 202-366-8810
FMCSA 11-03
Sandberg Sworn in as New FMCSA Administrator
Annette M. Sandberg today was sworn in as the new Administrator
of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA). President Bush nominated Sandberg
in March and the Senate confirmed her on July 31.
Annette brings a wealth of experience in transportation management
to the top position in FMCSA, said Secretary Mineta. "She has
shown leadership in dealing with key issues within the department
and is an especially able champion of our goal to improve truck
and bus safety.
Secretary Mineta appointed Sandberg as Deputy Administrator
of the FMCSA in November 2002. She had been serving as Acting
Administrator of the FMCSA since December 2002. With her swearing
in, Sandberg is now the nation's top motor carrier and bus safety
official. She is the second Administrator of the FMCSA. The
FMCSA was established on Jan. 1, 2000, to improve truck and
bus safety.
It's an honor and a pleasure to be the FMCSA's Administrator,
said Sandberg. As Administrator, I will work to ensure that
FMCSA continues to meet its goal of reducing commercial vehicle-related
fatalities and injuries.
Before joining the FMCSA, Sandberg was the Deputy Administrator
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Earlier,
she was an attorney with the Maple Valley Law Group, representing
employers in labor and employment issues. Before her law career,
she held law enforcement, supervisory, and administrative posts
with the Washington State Patrol, where she became the first
woman in the country to lead a state police agency. She served
as Chief of the Washington State Patrol for six years.
Recognized by different groups for her work, Sandberg received
the National Public Service Award from the American Society
for Public Administration and the National Academy of Public
Administration in 1999. Women in Communications, Inc., named
Sandberg "Woman of Achievement" in 1996.
Sandberg was the vice president and executive board officer
of the Washington State Patrol Troopers Association and has
served on national panels concerning ethnicity and race-relations
issues in law enforcement.
Sandberg has a bachelor's degree from Central Washington University.
She received her law degree from the University of Puget Sound
School of Law in 1993 and graduated magna cum laude from the
City University, Bellevue, WA, with a master of business administration
degree in 1996. Additionally, she attended Harvard University's
John F. Kennedy School of Government and the FBI's National
Executive Institute.
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