List of members of the National Transportation Safety Board

Summary

The five members of the National Transportation Safety Board each serve five-year terms after they are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. One member is designated by the president to serve as chairman and another as vice chairman; each serves a two-year term in those capacities. The chairman is required to undergo a separate Senate confirmation hearing. When there is no designated chairman, the vice chairman serves as the acting chairman.[1]

NTSB in September 2017

Members edit

  •  Chair 
  •  Vice Chair 
  •  Chair and Vice Chair 
List of members of the National Transportation Safety Board
Year Member Member Member Member Member
1967  
Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr.[a]
1967–69[b]
 
John H. Reed[a]
1967–76[c]
 
Oscar M. Laurel
1967–72
 
Louis M. Thayer
1967–76
 
Francis H. McAdams
1967–83
1968
1969
 
Isabel A. Burgess
1969–76
1970
1971
1972
  William R. Haley
1972–77
1973
1974
1975
1976
 
Kay Bailey[d]
1976–78[e]
 
Webster B. Todd, Jr.[a]
1976–79[f]
 
Philip A. Hogue
1976–79
1977
 
James B. King[a]
1977–82[g]
1978
 
Elwood T. Driver[d]
1978–81[h]
1979
 
Patricia A. Goldman[d]
1979–88[i]
 
G.H. Patrick Bursley
1979–85
1980
1981
 
James E. Burnett, Jr.[a]
1981–91[j]
1982
 
Donald D. Engen
1982–84
1983
 
Vernon L. Grose
1983–84
1984
[vacant] [vacant]
1985
 
John K. Lauber
1985–95
1986
 
Joseph T. Nall
1986–89[k]
1987
 
James L. Kolstad[a]
1987–92[l]
1988
 
Lee V. Dickinson, Jr.
1988–90
1989
[vacant]
1990
 
Susan M. Coughlin[d]
1990–94[m]
 
Christopher A. Hart
1990–93
1991
 
John A. Hammerschmidt
1991–2003
1992
 
Carl W. Vogt[a]
1992–94[n]
1993
 
James E. Hall[a]
1993–2001[o]
1994
[vacant] [vacant]
1995
 
Robert T. Francis II[d]
1995–99[p]
 
John J. Goglia
1995–2004
1996
 
George W. Black, Jr.
1996–2003
1997
1998
1999
[vacant]
2000
 
Carol J. Carmody[d]
2000–05[q]
2001
 
Marion C. Blakey[a]
2001–02[r]
2002
[vacant]
2003
 
Ellen Engleman Conners[a]
2003–06[s]
 
Mark V. Rosenker[a][d]
2003–09[t]
 
Richard F. Healing
2003–05
2004
 
Deborah A.P. Hersman[a]
2004–14[u]
2005
[vacant] [vacant]
2006
 
Robert L. Sumwalt[a][d]
2006–2021[v]
 
Kathryn O'Leary Higgins
2006–09
2007
 
Steven R. Chealander
2007–09
2008
2009
[vacant]  
Christopher A. Hart[a][d]
2009–17[w]
[vacant]
2010
 
Mark R. Rosekind
2010–14
 
Earl F. Weener
2010–19
2011
2012
2013
2014
[vacant] [vacant]
2015
 
T. Bella Dinh-Zarr[d]
2015–18[x]
2016
2017
[vacant]
2018
 
Bruce Landsberg[d]
2018+[y]
 
Jennifer Homendy[23]
2018+[z]
[vacant]
2019
 
Michael Graham
2020+
 
Thomas B. Chapman
2020+
2020
2021 [vacant]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Chair of NTSB.
  2. ^ Served as 1st Chair from 1967–69.
  3. ^ Served as 2nd Chair from 1970–76.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Vice Chair of NTSB.
  5. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 1976–78.
  6. ^ Served as 3rd Chair of NTSB from 1976–78.[2][3]
  7. ^ Served as 4th Chair from 1978–82.[4]
  8. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 1978–81.[5]
  9. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 1982–88.[6]
  10. ^ Served as 5th Chair from 1982–88.[7]
  11. ^ Died during a plane crash in 1989.[8]
  12. ^ Served as 6th Chair from 1990–92[9] and, as Vice Chair, acting chair from 1988–90.[7]
  13. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 1990–94; also Acting Chair in 1994.[10][11]
  14. ^ Served as 7th Chair from 1992–94.
  15. ^ Served as 8th Chair from 1994 to 2001.[12]
  16. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 1995–99.[13]
  17. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 2001–03, including two stints as Acting Chair.[14]
  18. ^ Served as 9th Chair from 2001–02.[15]
  19. ^ Served as 10th Chair from 2003–05.[16]
  20. ^ Served as 11th Chair from 2006–08; also Acting Chair (as Vice Chair) in 2005–06 and 2008–09.[17]
  21. ^ Served three terms as 12th Chair from 2009–14.[18]
  22. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 2006–08 and as 14th Chair 2017–2021.[19]
  23. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 2009-14, Acting Chair 2014, and as 13th Chair from 2015–17.[20]
  24. ^ Served as Vice Chair from 2015–18.[21]
  25. ^ Served as Vice Chair 2018-2021.[22]
  26. ^ Served as Acting Chair from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2021; served as 15th Chair from August 13.[24]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Former Board of the NTSB". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Todd Named NTSB Chairman" (PDF). Office of Pipeline Safety Operations, Advisory Bulletin No. 76-2. United States Department of Transportation, Materials Transportation Bureau. February 1976. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ Webster B. Todd, Jr. (2017). "Webster "Dan" Todd: NTSB Chairman, 1976-1978". The National Transportation Safety Board: 50 Years of Advancing Safety (Interview). Interviewed by Ana E. Lopez. Faircount Media Group. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Our Mission, Role & History: Agency Leadership, James B. King – Director, April 7, 1993 – September 1, 1997". U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Maj. Elwood 'Woody' T. Driver, USAF". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ^ Higdon, Dave (June 15, 1987). "NTSB back on track with a full force". JOC. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b Stephenson, Malvina (October 31, 1989). "Senator Stymies Burnett NTSB Appointment". Tulsa World. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ "U.S. official killed in Venezuelan plane crash". UPI News. November 28, 1989. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ Phillips, Don (May 8, 1990). "From Confrontation to Persuasion at the NTSB". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Susan Coughlin joins the board of directors at Atlantic Coast Airlines". The Weekly of Business Aviation. October 27, 1997. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  11. ^ Leffler, Pete (April 14, 1991). "Coughlin getting noticed: U.S. transportation official given high-profile work". The Morning Call. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. ^ "James Evan Hall, Chairman". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on January 21, 2003.
  13. ^ "Robert Talcott Francis II, Vice Chairman". Archived from the original on January 8, 2000.
  14. ^ "Carol J. Carmody, Vice Chairman". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on October 15, 2004.
  15. ^ "Marion C. Blakey, Chairman". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on December 22, 2003.
  16. ^ "Ellen Engleman Conners, Member". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on May 6, 2005.
  17. ^ "Honorable Mark V. Rosenker, Acting Chairman". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009.
  18. ^ "Deborah A. P. Hersman, Chairman". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014.
  19. ^ "Honorable Robert L. Sumwalt". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Honorable Christopher A. Hart". National Transportation Safety Board.
  21. ^ "Honorable T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH". National Transportation Safety Board. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017.
  22. ^ "Honorable Bruce Landsberg". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Nomination Sent to the Senate". The White House. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  24. ^ "Biography". www.ntsb.gov. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

External links edit

  • Goldman, Pat (August 21, 2013). "Chautauqua conversations: For Goldman, a life of politics, service and Chautauqua summers" (Interview). Interviewed by John Ford. The Chautauquan Daily. Retrieved 12 September 2019.