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

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Early life and education

A native of

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

, Hutcheson earned a bachelor's from the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

and a master's degree from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

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

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

. She was also the president of the

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. In January 2021, Hutcheson became deputy 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 Joe Biden 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutcheson, Robin Living people People from Connecticut People from Salt Lake City University of Utah alumni University of Colorado Boulder alumni United States Department of Transportation officials Year of birth missing (living people) Biden administration personnel