Bio, via U.S. Department of Transportation:

Before this assignment Mr. Callahan, served as a senior policy advisor in the office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response. In this capacity, he was responsible for reviewing and evaluating national strategy and policy documents for Department of Transportation equities and coordinating responses across the nine operational administrations and other Office of the Secretary entities. He was primarily responsible for coordination of Presidential Policy Directive 8 – Preparedness and was involved in the drafting of the National Response Framework, the National Disaster recovery Framework, The National Mitigation Framework, The National Preparedness Framework, and the National Protection framework, and associated Federal interagency operational plans. He served as the principal Department of Transportation representative the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, and co-led the development of the National Mitigation Investment Strategy. Among his other duties, he was responsible for coordination of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program for the Department of Transportation. Prior to coming to the Department of Transportation Mr. Callahan served in various roles with the United States Coast Guard, where he most recently served as a civilian policy analyst in the office of emerging policy. In this role, he was primarily responsible for managing National Security documents and workgroups. His portfolio included Artic, which included work on the Coast Guard’s Arctic Policy; Combatting maritime Terrorism, which included the developing of the Coast Guard’s Combatting Maritime Terrorism Strategy; and Maritime Security, which included development of the National Maritime Recovery Plan, and other Maritime security documents. Mr. Callahan also served 29 years on active duty with the Coast Guard; serving in both enlisted and officer capacities, including several command assignments. He retired from active duty at the rank of commander. Mr. Callahan holds a Master’s of Business Administration from St Regis University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the State of New York. He is a 1988 graduate of Coast Guard Officer Candidate School. He is married to the former Alyce Gurko of Bradley Beach New Jersey. They have three sons, and six grandchildren.