Derek Tai-Ching Kan (Chinese: 甘達慶; born August 15, 1978) is an American businessman and government official who has served as a Governor of the United States Postal Service since 2022. He served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget between July and December 2020. Kan served as the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy from 2017 to 2019. He was confirmed by the Senate four times.
Derek Kan | |
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| Governor of the United States Postal Service | |
| Assumed office May 20, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John McLeod Barger |
| Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget | |
| In office July 30, 2020 – December 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Russell Vought |
| Succeeded by | Shalanda Young |
| Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | |
| In office December 4, 2017 – July 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Blair Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Monje |
| Member of the Amtrak Board of Directors | |
| In office December 15, 2015 – c. May 2019 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Nancy A. Naples |
| Succeeded by | Joel Szabat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Derek Tai-Ching Kan August 15, 1978[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) London School of Economics (MS) Stanford University (MBA) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 甘達慶 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 甘达庆 | ||||||
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Career
editPrior to assuming his Transportation Department position, Kan was the general manager of the Southern California region for Lyft. In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Kan for the board of Amtrak; his appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.[2]
In April 2017, Kan was nominated by President Donald Trump to become under secretary of transportation for policy in the United States Department of Transportation.[3] He was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2017.[4] In July 2019, Kan resigned from his position in the Department of Transportation to take on the position of executive associate director at the Office of Management and Budget.[5]
Kan previously worked as director of strategy at Genapsys, a biotech startup in Silicon Valley, as a management consultant at Bain & Company, as an advisor at Elliott Management Corporation, as a policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and as chief economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.[6][7] He was a Presidential Management Fellow at the Office of Management and Budget.[8]
The Trump administration briefly considered Kan for a Federal Reserve Board seat.[9]
In November 2021, President Biden announced he would appoint Kan to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.[10] On May 12, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "(Not applicable)". Washington, D.C.: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Primack, Dan (January 21, 2016). "Amtrak's Newest Board Member Works at Lyft". Fortune. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ della Cava, Marco (April 6, 2017). "Trump nominates Lyft exec to join Transportation Department". USA Today. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "Derek Kan | US Department of Transportation". Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "Under Secretary Leaves DOT for OMB". www.enotrans.org. February 2, 2024.
- ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (April 6, 2017). "Trump plans to nominate Lyft's Derek Kan to transportation department". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Derek Kan to the Department of Transportation". whitehouse.gov. April 6, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via National Archives.
- ^ Zanona, Melanie (April 7, 2017). "Trump taps Lyft manager for No. 3 spot at Transportation Department". The Hill. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "White House Considering Derek Kan for Federal Reserve Board Seat". Bloomberg.com. May 17, 2019.
- ^ "Biden replaces Ron Bloom, USPS board chair and key DeJoy ally, on postal board".
- ^ "PN1425 - Nomination of Derek Kan for United States Postal Service, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.