Kip Hawley
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Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley is the current director of the Transportation Security Administration, part of United States government's Department of Homeland Security. Hawley has held the post since July 27, 2005, replacing the previous Director, Rear Admiral David Stone. He also sits on the Air Traffic Services Subcommittee of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Prior to his nomination, Hawley was Executive Vice President of Arzoon, a supply-chain software company in San Mateo, California. Arzoon is a subsidiary of SSA Global Technologies. Before that, he was CEO of Skyway, a supply-chain services company and Vice President at Union Pacific Railroad. Previous government service included serving on the National Commission on Intermodal Transportation (in 1992) and as Deputy Assistant and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Hawley also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for the Department of Transportation, responsible for planning budgets and legislative proposals.
Hawley received his B.A. from Brown University, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1980.