company that are essential to safety." Burnley also served as General Counsel of the Department of Transportation in 1983. Prior to his years with the USDOT, Burnley served as associate deputy attorney general for the United States Department of Justice from 1982 to 1983 and as director of the VISTA Program from 1981 to 1982. Political activities Burnley was the Senior Domestic Policy Advisor to Elizabeth Dole's presidential campaign, as well as a senior advisor to Robert J. Dole during his 1996 presidential race. He served on the transportation transition team for the George W. Bush administration. He also advised John McCain's Presidential campaign on transportation issues. Legal career Burnley is a partner at Venable LLP in Washington, D.C. His practice is focused on government relations and regulatory and legislative affairs with a concentration in transportation matters. Board affiliations Burnley holds several board affiliations in the transportation industry. He is board chair of the Eno Center for Transportation. He served as the vice chairman of the board of commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority for five years, and also served on the board of directors of Infrasoft, Inc., which produced software for the engineering industry. He was chairman of the Port Study Panel of the National Chamber of Commerce Foundation. He is also a member of the business advisory committee of the Transportation Center at Northwestern University. He served on the board of directors for MTA Safety Training Systems, a company involved in truck driver training, until the sale of the companies. He is a trustee and former chairman of the Jamestown Foundation and also a past chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is a member of the Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Policy Advisory Board. References External links Venable.com profile Intercollegiate Studies Institute page American Enterprise Institute page mention |- 1948 births Living people People from High Point, North Carolina Yale University alumni North Carolina Republicans Harvard Law School alumni United States Secretaries of Transportation Reagan administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians United States Deputy Secretaries of Transportation Volunteers in Service to America administrators