PERSON: Jennifer Homendy
Employer
National Transportation Safety Board
Position
Chair
Biography
Jennifer L. Homendy [pronounced HAH-mendy] was sworn in as the 15th Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on August 13, 2021, after being nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. The NTSB is an independent federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant events in other modes of transportation.
Chair Homendy is the agency’s chief executive, managing an annual budget of about $120 million and more than 400 full-time employees across the country, including the NTSB’s regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado; and Ashburn, Virginia. She is the fourth woman to serve as Chair since the agency was created in 1967.
Chair Homendy has used her national platform to advocate for the implementation of NTSB safety recommendations, including strategies to reverse the deadly epidemic of traffic deaths, which have surged since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. Her work has been especially focused on protecting vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and people with disabilities.
[Https://www.ntsb.gov/about/board/Pages/Jennifer-Homendy.aspx]
Chair Homendy is the agency’s chief executive, managing an annual budget of about $120 million and more than 400 full-time employees across the country, including the NTSB’s regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado; and Ashburn, Virginia. She is the fourth woman to serve as Chair since the agency was created in 1967.
Chair Homendy has used her national platform to advocate for the implementation of NTSB safety recommendations, including strategies to reverse the deadly epidemic of traffic deaths, which have surged since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. Her work has been especially focused on protecting vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and people with disabilities.
[Https://www.ntsb.gov/about/board/Pages/Jennifer-Homendy.aspx]
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