INSIGHTSSean T. ConnaughtonOutgoing Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of VirginiaUntil January of this year, Sean Connaughton oversaw earned a law degree from George Mason University. His seven state agencies with more than 9,700 employees and many honors include the 2009 Vincent T. Hirsh Maritime combined annual budgets of $5 billion. Connaughton is Award for Outstanding Leadership by the Navy League of probably better known to MarineNews readers as the U.S. the United States and an honorary doctorate in Public Ad-Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator ministration from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. during the second Bush Administration. As U.S. Maritime As his tenure ended in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Administrator, he was responsible for the daily manage- we caught up with him and sought his re