| Nicole Nason | |
| Office: | 26th Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration |
| Deputy: | Brandye Hendrickson |
| Term Start: | May 7, 2019 |
| Term End: | January 20, 2021 |
| President: | Donald Trump |
| Predecessor: | Brandye Hendrickson (acting) |
| Successor: | Stephanie Pollack (acting) |
| Party: | Republican |
| Office1: | Assistant Secretary of State for Administration |
| President1: | Donald Trump |
| Preceded1: | Joyce Anne Barr |
| Succeeded1: | Carrie Cabelka |
| Term Start1: | December 8, 2017 |
| Term End1: | March 11, 2019 |
| Office2: | Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| President2: | George W. Bush |
| Term Start2: | January 2006 |
| Term End2: | August 2008 |
| Birth Name: | Nicole Robilotto |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Bay Shore, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse: | David Nason |
| Children: | 3 |
| Education: | American University (BA) Case Western Reserve University (JD) |
Nicole Robilotto Nason (born August 12, 1970) is an American government official who served as the 26th Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 2019 to 2021. Nason previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.
Nason's career in the Department of Transportation began in March 2003 when she was appointed to assistant secretary for governmental affairs, and two years later was nominated by President George W. Bush in January 2006 to be the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She remained in that post until August 2008. According to former EPA staff, she impeded their efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles by failing to coordinate with them.[1] She also ordered NHTSA employees not to communicate with the press in divergence from previous policy.[2] Nason was appointed a senior advisor to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in June 2017. In December of that year, she was appointed assistant secretary of state for administration by President Trump. In January 2019, she was added to a package of 17 nominations to be voted on by the Senate in March.
On January 4, 2019, President Trump nominated her to serve as administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.[3] On March 28, 2019, she was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 95–1[4] and was sworn in on May 7, 2019.[5] She left office on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden was sworn in as president.[6]