The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest acting administrator vacated her role—only two weeks after her appointment. The departure makes a record for the shortest administrator term in FMCSA's history.
The Department of Transportation announced that Adrienne Camire would serve as FMCSA's acting administrator on March 7. As of March 21, however, it seems that Camire no longer leads the agency. The agency quietly removed Camire from its website: It deleted her from its leadership page and deleted the press release announcing her appointment.
It is unclear why Camire's term as acting administrator ended so briefly and quietly. FleetOwner reached out to FMCSA for comment.
“Adrienne Camire is no longer with the agency," the agency's spokesperson told FleetOwner on March 25. "Jesse Elison is the senior political official at FMCSA.”
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Camire was not originally intended to lead FMCSA. In January, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy previously announced that Camire would serve as senior adviser to FMCSA’s administrator.
Camire previously served as chief counsel to the Federal Highway Administration during President Donald Trump’s first term. She brought over 20 years of regulatory experience, having worked as both an attorney and adjunct professor.
Similar to long-haul truck drivers, FMCSA's leadership has faced high turnover for years. Before Camire's departure, the record for briefest FMCSA term was held by Wiley Deck, who served only five months until the end of Donald Trump's first term.
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