Hedlund named vice chair of Surface Transportation Board

WASHINGTON – The Surface Transportation Board announced on Jan. 9 that Board Member Karen Hedlund has been designated as the agency’s vice chairman.

Hedlund, who has served on the board since January 2022, succeeds Michelle Schultz, who continues to serve as a board member.

The board’s vice chairmanship rotates among the members on an annual basis.

Hedlund served in the Obama administration as chief counsel of the Federal Highway Administration from 2009 to 2010, and as chief counsel and deputy administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration from 2010 to 2014