Martin Whitmer is a founding Partner of Whitmer & Worrall, LLC, a bi-partisan government relations and strategic consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Mr. Whitmer has a broad policy and political background which has allowed him to successfully promote and advance key legislative programs within the public policy arena, among federal agencies and on Capitol Hill. Mr. Whitmer successfully works with both Republican and Democratic leaders due to his expertise transcending beyond political partisanship and has earned a distinguished reputation as one of Washington’s leading government relations strategists for the transportation industry.

During the George W. Bush Administration, Mr. Whitmer was appointed Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and later promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff. He was the principal architect of the Presidents’ Executive Order on Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews. Prior to joining the administration, Mr. Whitmer served as Vice President of Government Relations for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Previously Mr. Whitmer served as the Republican Legislative Representative for the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA). He has also worked in the Capitol Hill offices of Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) and House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) and on the 1988 and 1992 Bush-Quayle presidential campaigns.

Mr. Whitmer graduated from the evening program at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law in 1999. Concurrent with his law degree, Mr. Whitmer also completed a Master’s degree in Public Policy. In 1992, he earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1988.

Mr. Whitmer is an Eagle Scout, a member of the Virginia State Bar, serves on the Board of Directors at the Eno Center for Transportation and was awarded the prestigious 9/11 Transportation Medal by Secretary Mineta. He completed the 2014 Boston Marathon as well as the 1993 Marine Corps Marathon, has visited all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. He is from Dallas, Texas and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his marvelous wife and three wonderful children.