Ms. Shelton is the Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation.  Ms. Shelton has worked in statistical analysis and information systems in the traffic safety arena for over 20 years, first at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and then at FMCSA.   In addition to her work at these DOT safety agencies, she acted as interim Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.  Prior to coming to the Department of Transportation, Ms. Shelton was a mathematical statistician for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, where she conducted statistical analysis and designed sample surveys. Ms. Shelton graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Mathematics and attended graduate school in mathematical statistics at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.