Janette Sadik-Khan
Janette Sadik-Khan was born in San Francisco, California, USA. She
serves as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of
Transportation (NYCDOT) since her appointment by Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg in April 27, 2007. In that role, Ms. Janette Sadik-Khan has
implemented an ambitious program to improve safety, mobility,
sustainability throughout New York City, and ensure a state of good
repair on all the Department's roads and bridges. Before joining the
NYCDOT, Ms. Janette Sadik-Khan was a Senior Vice President of Parsons
Brinckerhoff, a leading international engineering firm. She handled the
U.S. transit market and was the founding president of Company 39, a
communications consulting company. She previously worked in Washington
D.C. as the Deputy Administrator at the Federal Transit Administration,
where she managed the capital construction budget and federal assistant
programs and policies. Prior to her tenor in Washington, she served as
the Director of the Mayor's Office of Transportation and as Special
Counsel/Legislative Director at NYCDOT. She is President of the
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Chair of
the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Committee on Transportation
Issues in Major U.S. Cities, and Chair of Reconnecting America. She has
published widely on transportation policy, planning, and finance and
management. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Occidental
College, and a law degree Columbia University School of Law.
