Rayman named highway administration’s freight management director

   Caitlin Hughes Rayman, Maryland Department of Transportation assistant secretary for transportation policy and freight, will serve as director of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Freight Management and Operations.
   She replaces Tony Furst, who now serves as FHWA’s associate administrator for safety.
   “I have every confidence that Caitlin will excel in this position and increase the deference given to freight transportation,” Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors Chairman Mortimer Downey said in a statement. “The administration will undoubtedly find her knowledge base and leadership skills as tremendous assets among many others she possesses.”
   Rayman, also a member of the coalition, was responsible for managing legislation and policy aimed at improving multimodal freight transportation. Prior to joining Maryland DOT in 2007, she served as the federal legislative programs coordinator for North Carolina DOT, where she worked a great deal on freight mobility issues.