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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2003
SB-03-09
ELLEN G. ENGLEMAN SWORN IN AS NEW CHAIRMAN
OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ellen G. Engleman was sworn in today as a Member and as
the 10th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Chairman Engleman was Administrator of the U.S. Department of
Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) from
September 2001 until this week. RSPA has responsibilities for safe and
secure movement of hazardous materials to industry and consumers by all
transportation modes, including the nation's pipelines; rapid response to
transportation emergencies by government agencies; training for
transportation safety professionals; and applying science and technology to
meet national transportation needs.
During her tenure at RSPA, Chairman Engleman successfully directed
the organization to increase its efficiency and effectiveness in its safety
mission. Among the agency's recent accomplishments:
* Aggressively cleaned up the record of unresolved NTSB safety
recommendations to RSPA's Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), which resulted in
the removal of OPS from the NTSB's "Most Wanted" list for the first time in
12 years;
* Significantly increased safety enforcement actions for both
OPS and the Office of Hazardous Material Safety; and
* Developed a Crisis Management Center to provide 24/7 support
to the Secretary of Transportation to enhance emergency coordination at the
federal, state and local levels.
With nearly 20 years of experience in public and governmental affairs,
public policy and administration, Engleman is a business leader, attorney
and accredited public relations professional. Before assuming her post at
RSPA, Engleman was chief executive officer of Electricore, Inc., an
Indiana-based non-profit consortium for research and development of advanced
transportation and energy technologies through federal private/public
partnerships.
Chairman Engleman previously served as both Director of Corporate and
Government Affairs and as a Member of the Board of Directors at Direct
Relief International, the nation's oldest non-sectarian medical relief
agency. She co-founded the Vitamin Angel Alliance, which focuses on
international nutritional relief for children and women in need. She served
as governmental affairs executive for GTE North, Inc., with responsibilities
for federal and state telecommunications public policy and corporate
communications in a 10-state region from 1987 to 1992. She was a
Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Richard G. Lugar and was
Personal Assistant to former Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin.
Fulfilling a personal goal, she was commissioned as an officer in the U.S.
Naval Reserve in 1999, and serves in Naval Reserve Mobile Public Affairs
Team Detachment 208 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Engleman graduated from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University in 1993 with a Master's in Public Administration. She was
awarded a J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in 1987, and
admitted to the Bar in the State of Indiana, and the Federal Court system.
She graduated from Indiana University in 1983 with a B.A. in English and
Communications. She holds APR accreditation from the Public Relations
Society of America.
She will serve a 5-year term as Member, which expires on December 31, 2007.
Her two-year term as Chairman, which required separate nomination by the
President and confirmation by the Senate, begins today.
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NTSB Press Contact: Ted Lopatkiewicz
(202) 314-6100
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