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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon May 18, 2020, 03:01 PM May 2020

Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts; May 18, 2020

NOMINATIONS & APPOINTMENTS

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts

Issued on: May 18, 2020

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:

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Chris Koos, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors.

Chris Koos is currently the Mayor of Normal, Illinois, a position he has held since 2003. Additionally, Mr. Koos currently serves on the Advisory Board of Transportation for America, as a member of the Uptown Normal Business Association, and, since 1979, has served as the owner and operator of the retail specialty stores Vitesse Cycle Shop and Often Running.

During his tenure as Mayor of Normal, development in the Central Business District has included a Multimodal Transportation Center/City Hall, the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, the Hyatt Place Hotel, the Children’s Discovery Museum, and other major multi-use construction.

Mr. Koos is a Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, native and attended Illinois State University.

Sarah E. Feinberg, of West Virginia, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors.

Sarah E. Feinberg currently serves as the Interim President of New York City Transit. Ms. Feinberg previously served as Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration and Chief of Staff to the former Secretary of Transportation.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Feinberg served as Director of Policy Communications at Facebook and Director of Global Communications and Business Strategy at Bloomberg L.P. Ms. Feinberg is the founder of Feinberg Strategies, LLC, and received her B.A. from Washington and Lee University.
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Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts; May 18, 2020 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 OP
To be known as short-termers. Sneederbunk May 2020 #1
Sarah Feinberg to join Amtrak board mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #2

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,370 posts)
2. Sarah Feinberg to join Amtrak board
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:01 AM
May 2020
Passenger Trains > Sarah Feinberg to join Amtrak board
Date: 05/18/20 15:25
Sarah Feinberg to join Amtrak board
Author: Lackawanna484

President Trump has announced the appointment.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/trump-taps-interim-mta-exec-sarah-feinberg-to-join-amtrak-board/

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