1. So, who’s running the show?

Katie Thompson | Director of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

• Thompson has served as vice president and associate general counsel for worldwide transportation and sustainability at Amazon.
• Prior to that, she worked on national and international transportation law and policy as general counsel of USDOT and as chief counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration during the Obama administration.
• She also served as counselor to the transportation secretary and was USDOT’s first senior sustainability officer.

Winnie Stachelberg | Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator for the Department of the Interior

• Stachelberg was the executive vice president for external affairs at the Center for American Progress.
• She also spent 11 years with the Human Rights Campaign, serving as both political director and the first vice president of HRC’s foundation.
• She started her career as a budget analyst at the Office of Management and Budget.

Mitch Landrieu | Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator

• Landrieu is the former mayor of New Orleans, elected five years after Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana Lt. Governor prior to that.
• In a statement, the White House praised him for turning New Orleans “into one of America’s great comeback story.”