New Truck Safety Czar Named
Julie Anna Cirillo, who last week was named to head the nation’s federal truck safety program, is a long-time Federal Highway Administration official who most recently was overseeing the reorganization of the agency, where she has worked for 21 years.
Ms. Cirillo had ran the office in San Francisco, as FHWA’s first female regional administrator. Before moving to San Francisco in 1995, she worked for four years in the agency’s Office of Highway Safety in various managerial positions. She worked in its Office of Research from 1978 until 1988, when she left to become executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Scientex Corp., an Arlington, Va., consulting firm. She rejoined FHWA in 1992.
In a statement, FHWA Administrator Kenneth Wykle said Ms. Cirillo "brings an impressive array of skills honed in her 21 years of technical, management and executive experience in the agency."
As acting director of the Office of Highway in 1994, Ms. Cirillo issued a study that found that most motorists travel at safe, reasonable speeds, which are higher than those set by legislators and highway engineers.
