Polly Trottenberg

Polly Trottenberg
Official portrait, 2021
13th United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Assumed office
April 14, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySteven G. Bradbury (acting)
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
Acting
In office
June 9, 2023 – October 27, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBilly Nolen (acting)
Succeeded byMichael Whitaker
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
In office
January 27, 2014 – December 11, 2020
MayorBill de Blasio
Preceded byJanette Sadik-Khan
Succeeded byMargaret Forgione (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1964-03-16) March 16, 1964 (age 60)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMark Zuckerman
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MPP)

Polly Ellen Trottenberg (born March 16, 1964)[1] is an American government official who is serving as Deputy Secretary of Transportation under Pete Buttigieg since April 14, 2021. She served as the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from June 2023 to October 2023. She previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation from 2014 to 2020.

  1. ^ Nominations to NASA, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Department of Transportation: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, July 8, 2009. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2010. ISBN 9780160856518.