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Derek Kan
Governor of the United States Postal Service
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 20, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJohn McLeod Barger
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
July 30, 2020 – December 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRussell Vought
Succeeded byShalanda Young
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
In office
December 4, 2017 – July 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBlair Anderson
Succeeded byCarlos Monje
Member of the Amtrak Board of Directors
In office
December 15, 2015 – c. May 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byNancy A. Naples
Succeeded byJoel Szabat
Personal details
Born
Derek Tai-Ching Kan

(1978-08-15) August 15, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Southern California (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
Stanford University (MBA)
Derek Kan
Traditional Chinese甘達慶
Simplified Chinese甘达庆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGān Dáqìng

Derek Tai-Ching Kan (Chinese: 甘達慶; born August 15, 1978) is an American businessman and government official who has served as a governor of the United States Postal Service since 2022. He served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2020. Kan served as the under secretary of transportation for policy from 2017 to 2019. He was confirmed by the Senate four times.

In the private sector, he has worked for various tech startups, Bain & Co., Elliott Management, Lyft, Oaktree Capital Management, and Toll Brothers.

He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, the London School of Economics, and Stanford University.

Career

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Kan became a Presidential Management Fellow at the Office of Management and Budget in 2004.[2][3][4]

From 2006 to 2010, Kan was as a policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.[5][4]

Kan served as chief economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.[6][7][4] He served during the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the implementation of Dodd-Frank.[8]

He worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company from 2012 to 2014.[3]

Kan worked as director of strategy at Genapsys, a biotech startup in Silicon Valley from 2014 to 2015.[3] It was later acquired by Sequencing Health.

He was as an advisor at Elliott Management Corporation.[3]

In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Kan for the board of Amtrak; his appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.[9]

Prior to assuming his Transportation Department position, Kan was the general manager of the Southern California region for Lyft. Kan worked at Lyft from 2015 to 2017.[10][11]

In April 2017, Kan was nominated by President Donald Trump to become under secretary of transportation for policy in the United States Department of Transportation.[12] He was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2017.[13] His work at the Department of Transportation focused heavily on self-driving cars.[10] In July 2019, Kan resigned from his position in the Department of Transportation to take on the position of executive associate director at the Office of Management and Budget.[14]

In 2019, the Trump administration briefly considered Kan for a Federal Reserve board seat.[15]

In 2020, Kan was appointed to the White House Coronavirus Task Force.[16]

In November 2021, President Biden announced he would appoint Kan to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.[17] On May 12, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[18]

As of 2021, Kan worked as an outside advisor to Oaktree Capital Group with a focus on infrastructure and emerging technology.[11]

In December of 2021, Kan was appointed to the board of Toll Brothers.[19]

As of 2022, Kan served on the board of Deliverr, a startup focused on e-commerce fulfillment services.[20] His work continued after the firm was acquired by Shopify where, as of 2023, he was a vice president.[21]

Education

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Kan holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He studied economic history at the London School of Economics where he earned a MSc. Kan earned a BS in business administration from the University of Southern California.[22][23][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "(Not applicable)". Washington, D.C.: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Zanona, Melanie (April 7, 2017). "Trump taps Lyft manager for No. 3 spot at Transportation Department". The Hill. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Brugger, Kelsey (December 16, 2020). "Budget office deputy Derek Kan departs". Politico. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts". The White House. United States Government. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Staff (April 7, 2017). "Lyft's GM Derek Kan may soon assist the U.S President in defining transportation policy reforms". The Tech Portal. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (April 6, 2017). "Trump plans to nominate Lyft's Derek Kan to transportation department". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Derek Kan to the Department of Transportation". whitehouse.gov. April 6, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via National Archives.
  8. ^ Brown, Courtenay (May 17, 2019). "Report: White House considering Derek Kan for open Fed slot". Axios. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Primack, Dan (January 21, 2016). "Amtrak's Newest Board Member Works at Lyft". Fortune. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Feldman, Brian (April 7, 2017). "Employee From Lyft, the 'Woke' Alternative to Uber, Joins Trump Administration". New York Magazine. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Witkowsky, Chris (January 4, 2021). "To be able to copy & paste content to share with others please contact us at subscriptions@pei.group to upgrade your subscription to the appropriate licence". Buyouts. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  12. ^ della Cava, Marco (April 6, 2017). "Trump nominates Lyft exec to join Transportation Department". USA Today. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  13. ^ "Derek Kan | US Department of Transportation". Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "Under Secretary Leaves DOT for OMB". www.enotrans.org. February 2, 2024.
  15. ^ "White House Considering Derek Kan for Federal Reserve Board Seat". Bloomberg.com. May 17, 2019.
  16. ^ Nelson, Emma (December 16, 2020). "The Wolf looks back on the chaotic, powerful year". The Wolf. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  17. ^ "Biden replaces Ron Bloom, USPS board chair and key DeJoy ally, on postal board".
  18. ^ "PN1425 - Nomination of Derek Kan for United States Postal Service, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  19. ^ "Board of Directors". Toll Brothers. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  20. ^ "Derek T. Kan". Directors & Boards. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  21. ^ Pasricha, Akash (October 20, 2023). "Pro Weekly: Companies Turn to New Leaders As Growth Slows". The Information. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  22. ^ Mohsin, Saleha (May 17, 2019). "Who Is Derek Kan? White House Is Considering Him for Fed Reserve Board". Fortune. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  23. ^ "Postal Leadership". United State Postal Service. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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