White House adds two key coordinators to implement $1 trillion infrastructure law

The White House will be relying on two women in newly created roles to help lead the implementation of President Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure plan; it announced the appointments of Katie Thompson and Winnie Stachelberg to departments that are central to the measure, which was signed into law in November. 

Thompson will serve as the director of bipartisan infrastructure law implementation for the Department of Transportation, and Stachelberg was named senior adviser and infrastructure coordinator for the Interior Department. Each will lead a team to ensure the benefits of the law are delivered on time, on budget and in accordance with the tasks. The administration plans to add more positions across the country at every level over the coming weeks and months, including new civil servant jobs.

Thompson and Stachelberg are among the first hires to help execute the Biden administration's infrastructure plan to modernize roads and bridges, improve public transit, and make infrastructure greater resilience in the face of climate change. The administration says it plans to keep building out capacity at every level across agencies in the coming weeks and months and will be adding new civil servant jobs across the country.