Raymond P. Martinez

Raymond P. Martinez
Martinez in 2018
6th Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
In office
February 28, 2018  October 31, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byT. F. Scott Darling III
Succeeded byJim Mullen (acting)
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Chair & Chief Administrator
In office
February 1, 2010  January 16, 2018
GovernorChris Christie
Preceded byShawn B. Sheekey
Succeeded byBrenda Sue Fulton
Deputy Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office
December 12, 2005  January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
In office
2000–2005
GovernorGeorge Pataki
Preceded byRichard E. Jackson
Succeeded byNancy Naples
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Alma materB.S. C.W. Post
J.D. St. John's University
ProfessionAttorney

Raymond P. Martinez was a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Transportation and the former Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. From 2010 to 2018, Martinez served as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Chair and Chief Administrator in the Cabinet of Governor Chris Christie. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Protocol for the United States Department of State and as Commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles in the Cabinet of Governor George Pataki.

Martinez was an aide in the New York State Senate and worked as an attorney in private practice, including working for Citibank. He also served in the Reagan administration as first lady Nancy Reagan’s deputy director of scheduling and advance, and was a special assistant in the New York office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.