From November 2024 to December 2024, Ms. Hersman served as special assistant to Senator Thomas Carper. Ms. Hersman served as chief safety officer and advisor at Waymo LLC, the self-driving car technology subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., from January 2019 to December 2020. From 2014 to 2019, she served as president and CEO of the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization focused on eliminating preventable deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy.
From 2004 to 2014, Ms. Hersman served as a board member and from 2009-2014 as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (the “NTSB”). Previously she served in a professional staff role for the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee where she played key roles in crafting the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 and legislation establishing a new modal administration focused on bus and truck safety. On June 29, 2023, she was appointed to the Board of One Gas (NYSE: OGS). She previously served on the Board of Velodyne (NASDAQ: VLDR).