Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson is an American transportation official who served as administrator of the

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Early life and education

A native of

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, Hutcheson earned a bachelor's from the

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and a master's degree from the

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Career

From 2004 to 2006, Hutcheson worked as a transit planner in

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. She then returned to Salt Lake City, where she worked as a senior associate at Fehr & Peers from 2006 to 2010. From 2012 to 2016, she was the transportation director of Salt Lake City. From 2016 to 2021, she served as the director of public work for

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. She was also the president of the

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. In January 2021, Hutcheson became a deputy assistant secretary of transportation for safety policy in the

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. She became deputy administrator and acting administrator of the

(FMCSA) in January 2022.

FMCSA Nomination

In April 2022, President

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announced her nomination as the administrator of the FMCSA. Hearings on her nomination were held before the

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on June 8, 2022. Her nomination was favorably reported to the Senate floor on June 22, 2022. She was confirmed by the

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via

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on September 22, 2022.

References

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