Derek Kan | |
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| Governor of the United States Postal Service | |
| Assumed office May 20, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John McLeod Barger |
| Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budget | |
| In office July 30, 2020 – December 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Russell Vought |
| Succeeded by | Shalanda Young |
| Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | |
| In office December 4, 2017 – July 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Blair Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Monje |
| Member of theAmtrak Board of Directors | |
| In office December 15, 2015 – c. May 2019 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Nancy A. Naples |
| Succeeded by | Joel Szabat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Derek Tai-Ching Kan (1978-08-15)August 15, 1978 (age 47)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Stanford University (MBA) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 甘達慶 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 甘达庆 | ||||||
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Derek Tai-Ching Kan (Chinese:甘達慶; born August 15, 1978) is an American businessman and government official who has served as agovernor of the United States Postal Service since 2022. He served as deputy director of theOffice 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.
Kan became aPresidential 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 LeaderMitch McConnell.[5][4]
Kan served as chief economist for theSenate Republican Policy Committee.[6][7][4] He served during the2008 financial crisis and the implementation ofDodd-Frank.[8]
He worked as a management consultant atBain & Company from 2012 to 2014.[3]
Kan worked as director of strategy atGenapsys, a biotech startup inSilicon Valley from 2014 to 2015.[3] It was later acquired by Sequencing Health.
He was as an advisor atElliott Management Corporation.[3]
In 2015, PresidentBarack Obama nominated Kan for the board ofAmtrak; 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 forLyft. Kan worked at Lyft from 2015 to 2017.[10][11]
In April 2017, Kan was nominated by PresidentDonald Trump to become under secretary of transportation for policy in theUnited 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 aFederal Reserve board seat.[15]
In 2020, Kan was appointed to theWhite 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 theUnited States Senate byvoice vote.[18]
As of 2021, Kan worked as an outside advisor toOaktree Capital Group with a focus on infrastructure and emerging technology.[11]
In December of 2021, Kan was appointed to the board ofToll Brothers.[19]
As of 2022, Kan served on the board ofDeliverr, a startup focused on e-commerce fulfillment services.[20] His work continued after the firm was acquired byShopify where, as of 2023, he was a vice president.[21]
Kan holds an MBA fromStanford University, where he was anArjay Miller Scholar. He studied economic history at theLondon School of Economics where he earned a MSc. Kan earned a BS in business administration from theUniversity of Southern California.[22][23][4]