The NTSB Board


The Board

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The NTSB has five Board Members, each nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to serve 5-year terms. The President designates a Board Member as Chair and another as Vice Chair for 3-year terms. The Chair requires separate Senate confirmation. When there is no designated Chair, the Vice Chair serves in an acting capacity. ​

Jennifer Homendy

 
 
Jennifer Homendy

​​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 $129.3 million and more than 411 full-time employees across the country, including the NTSB’s regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; and Denver, Colorado. She is the fourth woman to serve as Chair since the agency was created in 1967.

Chair Homendy has used her national platform to ...

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Michael E. Graham

​​​Michael Graham took the oath of office as the 45th Member of the National Transportation Safety Board on January 3, 2020.

Before coming to the NTSB, Member Graham was with Textron Aviation, Inc. (Cessna/Hawker/Beechcraft) from 1997 to 2019. Since 2012 he served as their Director of Flight Operations Safety, Security & Standardization and was responsible for the safe and secure operations of all domestic and international flights conducted in support of the company. The scope of his responsibility included managing the flight operation’s Safety Management System and its certification, administering the Emergency Response Plan, supervising Air Safety Investigations, and overseeing two company airports and a control tower.

Mr. Graham joined Cessna as a Demonstration Pilot and held positions in Prod...

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Michael E. Graham

Thomas B. Chapman

 
 
Thomas B. Chapman

​​Thomas B. Chapman took the oath of office as the 46th Member of the National Transportation Safety Board on January 6, 2020. Member Chapman has spoken extensively on the Safe System Approach to highway traffic safety, alcohol and drug impairment, and rail worker and highway-rail grade crossing safety.

Prior to joining the Board, Member Chapman served six years as minority counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation & Space. He engaged in a broad range of issues, including the bipartisan effort to pass comprehensive legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and the NTSB. In total, Member Chapman has four decades of experience in government, legislative, and regulatory affairs in the transportation industry.

Chapman previously s...

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Alvin Brown

Alvin Brown took the oath of office as the 47th Member of the National Transportation Safety Board on March 13, 2024.​

Alvin Brown has served as Senior Advisor for Community Infrastructure Opportunities for the U.S. Department of Transportation since August 2022. From 2011 to 2015, he served as Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. Brown began his career as a senior member of the White House leadership team under President Clinton and Vice President Gore, focused on a wide range of domestic issues, including community revitalization, job creation, new business development, and affordable housing. He served as Executive Director of the White House Community Empowerment Board and served as Senior Advisor to the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.

Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree and ...

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Alvin Brown

J. Todd Inman

 
 
J. Todd Inman

​​​​​J. Todd Inman took the oath of office as the 48th Member of the National Transportation Safety Board on March 13, 2024.

J. Todd Inman has served as Senior Director, Office of the Executive Chairman, for APCO Worldwide since July 2022. Prior to that, he served as Secretary, Department of Management Services for the State of Florida, and held positions as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Director of Operations for Secretary Chao at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Inman also worked as an Independent Contractor Agent, Property and Casualty Agency at State Farm Insurance Companies, Claims Superintendent and Claims Specialist for State Farm Fire and Casualty Claims, and served in the Special Investigative Unit for State Farm Mutal Automobile Insurance. He was also an instructor ...

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