Derek Tai-Ching Kan (Chinese: 甘達慶; born August 15, 1978) is an American businessman and government official who has served as a Governor of the United States Postal Service since 2022. He served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2020. Kan served as the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy from 2017 to 2019. He was confirmed by the Senate four times.
In the private sector, he has worked for various tech startups, Bain & Co., Elliott Management, Lyft, Oaktree Capital Management, and Toll Brothers.
He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, the London School of Economics, and Stanford University.
In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Kan for the board of Amtrak; his appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.[9]
Prior to assuming his Transportation Department position, Kan was the general manager of the Southern California region for Lyft. Kan worked at Lyft from 2015 to 2017[10][11]
In April 2017, Kan was nominated by President Donald Trump to become under secretary of transportation for policy in the United States Department of Transportation.[12] He was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2017.[13] His work at the Department of Transportation focused heavily on self-driving cars.[10] In July 2019, Kan resigned from his position in the Department of Transportation to take on the position of executive associate director at the Office of Management and Budget.[14]
In 2019, the Trump administration briefly considered Kan for a Federal Reserve board seat.[15]
In November 2021, President Biden announced he would appoint Kan to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.[17] On May 12, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[18]
As of 2021, Kan worked as an outside advisor to Oaktree Capital Group with a focus on infrastructure and emerging technology.[11]
In December of 2021, Kan was appointed to the board of Toll Brothers.[19]
As of 2022, Kan served on the board of Deliverr, a startup focused on e-commerce fulfillment services.[20] His work continued after the firm was acquired by Shopify where, as of 2023, he was a vice president.[21]
