The Board of Directors of the Eno Center for Transportation is pleased to announce the appointment of John Drake as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Drake, who is succeeding Paul Wiedefeld (Interim President/CEO) will assume his new role on October 13, 2026. Drake currently serves as Vice President of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Supply Chain Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and brings over twenty years’ experience to the role of President and CEO, including nearly ten years serving on Capitol Hill, five years as a senior political appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and executive roles in the private sector.

“We are delighted to welcome John Drake to the Eno Center for Transportation,” said Diane Woodend Jones, Chair of the Eno Board of Directors. “John is an exceptional leader whose deep transportation policy expertise and cross-sector experience strongly align with Eno’s mission to deliver independent, objective research, inform public debate, and develop the next generation of transportation leaders. He embodies Eno’s core values of independence, collaboration, relevance, excellence, and entrepreneurialism. We are confident his vision and leadership will build on Eno’s distinguished legacy, broaden our national impact, and advance innovative solutions to current and emerging transportation challenges and opportunities.”

In accepting the role, Drake said, “I am honored to lead the Eno Center for Transportation at this pivotal time. Eno’s world-class team of experts and stakeholders are training our next generation of transportation leaders while also helping guide important debates connecting transportation to advancing our nation’s safety, innovation, economic prosperity, and security. This is an exciting time to be in transportation, and I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the Eno board and its staff.”

The Eno Center for Transportation is a non-profit charitable foundation, founded in 1921 by William Phelps Eno, who pioneered the field of traffic management in the United States and Europe. Eno provides timely research and an independent voice on policy issues and publishes rigorous and objective analyses, including its flagship publication, Eno Transportation Weekly (ETW). Through its professional development programs, Eno cultivates creative and visionary leadership by giving public and private transportation leaders the tools and training they need to succeed together. Since its inception, Eno has instructed over 5,000 transportation professionals.

Under Drake’s leadership, The Eno Center for Transportation will continue to focus on its core mission to shape public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and to build a network of innovative transportation professionals.