FRANCIS P. MULVEY DESIGNATED VICE CHAIRMAN OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Daniel R. Elliott, III announced
today that the agency designated Board Member Francis P. Mulvey as its Vice
Chairman.  He succeeds former Vice Chairman Ann D. Begeman, who served in
that capacity from May 2, 2011 – January 3, 2012 and continues to serve as
a Board Member.  The Board’s Vice Chairmanship rotates among the Members on
an annual basis.


                                     Vice Chairman Mulvey, the eighth
                                     Member since the Board’s creation in
                                     1996, was nominated to the agency by
                                     President George W. Bush on November
                                     17, 2003, and was confirmed by the
                                     Senate on May 21, 2004, for a term of
                                     office ending December 31, 2007.
                                     President Bush nominated the Vice
                                     Chairman to a second term as a Member
                                     on November 30, 2007, and he was
                                     confirmed by the Senate on December
                                     19, 2007, for a term ending December
                                     31, 2012.  Vice Chairman Mulvey was
                                     designated the Board’s Acting Chairman
                                     on March 12, 2009, by President Barack
                                     Obama, and he served in that capacity
                                     until August 13, 2009.  He most
                                     recently served as the Board’s Vice
                                     Chairman from January 5, 2010 –
                                     January 4, 2011.


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