What is Mary Peters (politician)?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=Mary Peters | image=Mary Peters, official FHWA photo.jpg | order=15th | title=[[United States Secretary of Transportation]] | term_start=October 17, 2006 | term_end=January 20, 2009 | president=[[George W. Bush]] | predecessor=[[Norman Mineta]] | successor=[[Ray LaHood]] | birth_date= {{birth date and age|1948|12|4}} | birth_place=[[Phoenix, Arizona]] | death_date= | death_place= | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | alma_mater=[[University of Phoenix]]<br>[[Harvard University]] }} '''Mary E. Peters''' (born December 4, 1948) was the [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]. She is the second woman and first [[Arizona]]n to hold the position. Peters joined the [[Arizona Department of Transportation]] in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. [[Jane Dee Hull]] to serve as its director in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.gov/bios/peters.htm |title=Bio at Department of Transportation website |access-date=2008-11-06 |archive-date=2008-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220043903/http://www.dot.gov/bios/peters.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090500514.html</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{USSecTrans}} {{GW Bush cabinet}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Mary}} [[Category:United States Secretaries of Transportation]] [[Category:Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]]