Caitlin Hughes
Director, Office of Freight Management and Operations @Federal Highway Administration
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Office of Freight Management and Operations @Federal Highway Administration
Washington, DC, US
Part of the FHWA Office of Operations, U.S. Department of Transportation. Manages 20+ employees overseeing $4M annually in freight research, training, technical assistance, development of data tools, planning resources, collaboration, coalition-building, regulatory oversight on truck size and weight/truck parking/freight performance measures/multimodal freight planning/national and highway freight networks, and leadership on truck parking expansion; guiding management of the National Highway Freight Program, providing $1.48 B annually in federal aid apportionment for freight; and administering program management for FHWA implementation of over 800 projects totalling billions in federal grants funded from the INFRA, Mega, Rural and BUILD discretionary programs.
EDUCATION
University of Vermont
B.A., Political Science
The George Washington University
M.P.A., Policy Analysis
ABOUT CAITLIN HUGHES
Over 30 years of experience with Federal, State, and private sector organizations, predominantly in the transportation field. Prior work involved leading, developing, funding, and implementing legislative, regulatory, public policy, planning, research, and outreach programs and initiatives. Guided commercial motor vehicle size and weight research and the National Truck Parking Coalition; engaged with several multi-state coalitions on freight matters. Lobbied Congress for States and private sector clients in the areas of highway, transit, ferry, passenger and freight rail, aviation, and other transportation issues. Significant experience overseeing federal discretionary and formula grants programs.
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