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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
To meet the demand of a tripling of air traffic by the year 2025, the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) must transform its current air transportation system. In 2003, the agency introduced the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), its major redesign of the U.S. air transportation system. The redesign will include modifications to security, safety, and efficiency of passenger, cargo and aircraft operations.
The Academy’s study has two primary objectives:
- Identify the skill sets required by FAA’s ATO to integrate and implement NextGen, including, but not limited to technical and contract management skills
- Define the strategies to obtain the expertise necessary to manage, integrate and implement the complex activities inherent in the transformation to NextGen
Myra Howze Shiplett
The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.
John Fearnsides*, Chair—Chief Strategist, MJF Strategies, LLC; Chief Strategist Consultant, The MITRE Corporation. Former positions with The MITRE Corporation: Senior Vice President and General Manager; Director, Center for Advanced Aviation System Development; Metrek Division, Director of Transportation Analysis and Vice President, Civil Systems Division. Former positions with the U.S. Department of Transportation: Deputy Under Secretary; Chief Scientist; Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs.
Thomas Downs*—President and Chief Executive Officer, ENO Foundation. Former Executive Director, National Center for Smart Growth and Education, University of Maryland College Park; Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, National Home Builders Association; President and Chairman, AMTRAK; Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Transportation; President, Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority; City Administrator, Government of the District of Columbia; Executive Director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Associate Administrator for Planning and Policy Development, Federal Highway Administration.
Marilu Goodyear*—Chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Former Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Associate Dean, University of Kansas Libraries; Senior Associate Director, Associate Professor, Interim Director of Libraries, and Assistant Director for Collection Interpretation, Texas A&M University; Assistant Director for Public Services, University Library, Iowa State University; Assistant Director for Instruction and Research Services, University of Colorado at Denver.
Harriett Jenkins*—Consultant. Former Director, Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices, U.S. Senate; Assistant Administrator, Equal Opportunity Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Teacher, Principal, Director of Elementary Education, and Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Berkeley Public School System.
Robert Tobias*—Director and Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, American University; Member, IRS Oversight Board. Former positions with National Treasury Employees Union: National President; Executive Vice President; General Counsel. Former Member, Commercial Activities Panel.
J. Victor Lebacqz—Founder, VICC Associates; Former Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Deputy Associate Administrator of Aeronautics and Space Technology (NASA); Prior positions with NASA Ames Research Center: Associate Center Director; Deputy Director, Ames Aerospace Directorate; Program Director, Division Chief, Branch Chief, NASA Aviation System Capacity; Lecturer, Stanford University.
Disclosure statement of J. Victor Lebacqz: During my career with NASA. I was extensively involved in the development of NASA research in air traffic management decision support tools, and worked assiduously to develop appropriate partnerships with the FAA in this regard. Additionally, as Associate Administrator for Aeronautics from 2003 through 2005. I strongly advocated the Joint Planning and Development Office activity as an appropriate venue for interagency emphasis on transforming the national air space. I still think that the JPDO is a good idea, and I still think the FAA needs strong partnerships in place to help perform the necessary ATM research and then effect this transformation. I will likely bring these viewpoints to the panel.
Nancy G. Leveson—Nancy Leveson is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and also Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Prof. Leveson conducts research on the topics of system safety, software safety, software and system engineering, and human-computer interaction. In 1999, she received the ACM Allen Newell Award for outstanding computer science research and in 1995 the AIAA Information Systems Award for "developing the field of software safety and for promoting responsible software and system engineering practices where life and property are at stake." In 2005 she received the ACM Sigsoft Outstanding Research Award. She has published over 200 research papers and is author of a book, "Safeware: System Safety and Computers" published by Addison-Wesley. She consults extensively in many industries on the ways to prevent accidents.
Note: This Panel list is revised from the version posted on the Academy website on July 19, 2007.
* Academy Fellow
None scheduled yet
Julia Mensah
Research Associate
Jmensah@napawash.org
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