Victor Mendez to be Nominated as Federal Highway Administrator

The White House announced that President Obama will nominate Victor Mendez to serve as the next Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Mr. Mendez was a member of former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano's Cabinet serving as the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation. He joined ADOT in 1985 and was named director in 2001. Mendez served as AASHTO's National President in 2007 and, in 2008, was selected as Leader of the Year in Public Policy in Transportation by the Arizona Capitol Times. Both AGC of America and the Arizona Chapter AGC have a longstanding excellent working relationship with Mr. Mendez. He served as an AASHTO delegate to the AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee and has addressed AGC's Highway and Transportation Division on numerous occasions.