President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate Derek Kan to the Department of Transportation.

If confirmed, Derek Kan of California will serve as Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.  Mr. Kan is the General Manager for Lyft in Southern California.  He has also served on the Board of Amtrak since 2015, for which he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.  Previously, he was Director of Strategy at a startup in Silicon Valley and also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.  Earlier in his career, he was a policy advisor to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and chief economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.  Before becoming a Hill staffer, Mr. Kan served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the White House Office of Management and Budget.  Mr. Kan received a B.S. from the University of Southern California, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.  He and his wife and three children live in San Gabriel, California.