FOR RELEASE
Contact: Janie Sheng (202) 245-0221
11/13/2006 (Monday)
No. 06-19


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD CHAIRMAN CHARLES D. NOTTINGHAM NAMES RACHEL D. CAMPBELL CHIEF OF STAFF


Surface Transportation Board Chairman Charles D. Nottingham today announced his appointment of Rachel Danish Campbell, Esq. as his Chief of Staff.


Since 2002, Ms. Campbell has served on the staff of the STB's Office of the General Counsel. In 2004, she served as an Attorney-Advisor in the STB Chairman's office. Ms. Campbell will serve Chairman Nottingham as senior advisor and as senior representative to other agency offices and to external organizations. She has extensive litigation experience, and has represented the STB before U.S. Courts of Appeal and in numerous other forums and capacities. Prior to joining the agency, she was a partner at the law firm of Foley & Lardner.


Ms. Campbell holds a B.A. in English from Manhattanville College (1987), and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center (1990). She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and various federal and appellate courts. She makes her home in Centreville, Virginia, with her husband and three children.


In announcing Ms. Campbell's appointment, Chairman Nottingham noted that the agency will be advertising for an Attorney-Advisor to the Chairman in the near future.


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