Anthony Foxx is an accomplished business and public policy leader. He is the Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Director, Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Anthony served as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2013-2017), receiving a rare unanimous confirmation (100-0) by the U.S. Senate. After more than a decade of short-term transportation funding bills, Anthony successfully pushed for passage of new long-term legislation, the FAST Act. As Secretary, Anthony also promulgated new rules and guidelines for emerging transportation technologies such as drones and driverless cars and launched the Department’s first, and the Obama Administration’s most successful, Smart City Challenge. From 2009 to 2013, Anthony served as the 54th Mayor of Charlotte—the youngest person ever to serve in the role—where he led the city’s resurgence following the Great Recession with record investments in transportation, establishing a demand-driven workforce development system that became a national model and expanding opportunities for small businesses. More recently, Anthony served as Chief Policy Officer for Lyft, a multimodal transportation platform company, where he led companywide policy development, government relations and public affairs. Foxx serves as a director of CDW Corporation, Martin Marietta, Inc., and NXP Semiconductors NV.
