NABWIC TALKS WITH U. S. & N. C. DEPTS OF TRANSPORTATION BUTTIGIEG & PITTMAN

NABWIC presents comments for U. S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, and Ebony Pittman, Deputy Secretary NC Department of Transportation.  Tune in to listen to segments from NABWIC's Billion Dollar Luncheon in Transportation Opportunities.   Pete Buttigieg took office in January, 2021, as the 19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Secretary Buttigieg served two terms as mayor of his hometown of South Bend, Indiana. A graduate of Harvard University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, Buttigieg served for seven years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, taking a leave of absence from the mayor’s office for a deployment to Afghanistan in 2014.In South Bend, “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg worked across the aisle to transform the city’s future and improve residents’ everyday lives. As deputy secretary for Business Administration, Ebony J. Pittman directs the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Office of Civil Rights, the Office of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Outreach and oversees Purchasing and Facilities Management. As a 16-year veteran of the N.C. Department of Justice, Pittman provided legal support to NCDOT on a wide range of transportation issues related to the use of highway right-of-way, state contracting and procurement, and personnel matters. Most recently, Pittman provided legal support to the N.C. Turnpike Authority. _____________________________ NABWIC's Vision: The Vision of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC) is to build lasting strategic partnerships with first-rate organizations and individuals that will provide ground-breaking and innovative solutions for black women in construction and their respective communities.| NABWIC.ORG