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List of members of the National Transportation Safety Board

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The five members of the National Transportation Safety Board each serve five-year terms after they are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. One member is designated by the president to serve as chairman and another as vice chairman; each serves a two-year term in those capacities. The chairman is required to undergo a separate Senate confirmation hearing. When there is no designated chairman, the vice chairman serves as the acting chairman.[1]

NTSB in September 2017

Members

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  •  Vice Chair 
  •  Chair and Vice Chair 
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List of members of the National Transportation Safety Board
YearMemberMemberMemberMemberMember
1967
Joseph J. O'Connell[a]
1967–69[b]
John H. Reed[a]
1967–76[c]
Oscar M. Laurel
1967–72
Louis M. Thayer
1967–76
Francis H. McAdams
1967–83
1968
1969

Isabel A. Burgess
1969–76
1970
1971
1972

William R. Haley
1972–77
1973
1974
1975
1976

Kay Bailey[d]
1976–78[e]
Webster B. Todd Jr.[a]
1976–79[f]
Philip A. Hogue
1976–79
1977

James B. King[a]
1977–82[g]
1978

Elwood T. Driver[d]
1978–81[h]
1979

Patricia A. Goldman[d]
1979–88[i]
G.H. Patrick Bursley
1979–85
1980
1981

James E. Burnett Jr.[a]
1981–91[j]
1982

Donald D. Engen
1982–84
1983

Vernon L. Grose
1983–84
1984
[vacant] [vacant]
1985

John K. Lauber
1985–95
1986

Joseph T. Nall
1986–89[k]
1987

James L. Kolstad[a]
1987–92[l]
1988

Lee V. Dickinson Jr.
1988–90
1989
[vacant]
1990

Susan M. Coughlin[d]
1990–94[m]
Christopher A. Hart
1990–93
1991

John A. Hammerschmidt
1991–2003
1992

Carl W. Vogt[a]
1992–94[n]
1993

James E. Hall[a]
1993–2001[o]
1994
[vacant] [vacant]
1995

Robert T. Francis II[d]
1995–99[p]
John J. Goglia
1995–2004
1996

George W. Black Jr.
1996–2003
1997
1998
1999
[vacant]
2000

Carol J. Carmody[d]
2000–05[q]
2001

Marion C. Blakey[a]
2001–02[r]
2002
[vacant]
2003

Ellen Engleman Conners[a]
2003–06[s]
Mark V. Rosenker[a][d]
2003–09[t]
Richard F. Healing
2003–05
2004

Deborah A.P. Hersman[a]
2004–14[u]
2005
[vacant] [vacant]
2006

Robert L. Sumwalt[a][d]
2006–21[v]
Kathryn O'Leary Higgins
2006–09
2007

Steven R. Chealander
2007–09
2008
2009
[vacant]
Christopher A. Hart[a][d]
2009–17[w]		 [vacant]
2010

Mark R. Rosekind
2010–14
Earl F. Weener
2010–19
2011
2012
2013
2014
[vacant] [vacant]
2015

T. Bella Dinh-Zarr[d]
2015–18[x]
2016
2017
[vacant]
2018

Bruce Landsberg[d]
2018–23[y]
Jennifer Homendy
2018+[z]		 [vacant]
2019

Michael Graham
2020+[aa]
Thomas B. Chapman
2020+
2020
2021 [vacant]
2022
2023
2024
Alvin Brown[d]
2024–25[ab]
J. Todd Inman
2024–2026
2025
2026 John DeLeeuw
2026[26]
2027
2028
2029
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Chair of NTSB.
  2. [b]
    Served as 1st Chair from 1967–69.
  3. [c]
    Served as 2nd Chair from 1970–76.
  4. [d]
    Vice Chair of NTSB.
  5. [e]
    Served as Vice Chair from 1976–78.
  6. [f]
    Served as 3rd Chair of NTSB from 1976–78.[2][3]
  7. [g]
    Served as 4th Chair from 1978–82.[4]
  8. [h]
    Served as Vice Chair from 1978–81.[5]
  9. [i]
    Served as Vice Chair from 1982–88.[6]
  10. [j]
    Served as 5th Chair from 1982–88.[7]
  11. [k]
    Died during a plane crash in 1989.[8]
  12. [l]
    Served as 6th Chair from 1990–92[9] and, as Vice Chair, acting chair from 1988–90.[7]
  13. [m]
    Served as Vice Chair from 1990–94; also Acting Chair in 1994.[10][11]
  14. [n]
    Served as 7th Chair from 1992–94.
  15. [o]
    Served as 8th Chair from 1994 to 2001.[12]
  16. [p]
    Served as Vice Chair from 1995–99.[13]
  17. [q]
    Served as Vice Chair from 2001–03, including two stints as Acting Chair.[14]
  18. [r]
    Served as 9th Chair from 2001–02.[15]
  19. [s]
    Served as 10th Chair from 2003–05.[16]
  20. [t]
    Served as 11th Chair from 2006–08; also Acting Chair (as Vice Chair) in 2005–06 and 2008–09.[17]
  21. [u]
    Served three terms as 12th Chair from 2009–14.[18]
  22. [v]
    Served as Vice Chair from 2006–08 and as 14th Chair 2017–2021.[19]
  23. [w]
    Served as Vice Chair from 2009-14, Acting Chair 2014, and as 13th Chair from 2015–17.[20]
  24. [x]
    Served as Vice Chair from 2015–18.[21]
  25. [y]
    Served as Vice Chair 2018–23.[22]
  26. [z]
    Served as Acting Chair from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2021; served as 15th Chair from August 13.[23]
  27. [aa]
    Served as Vice Chairman starting in 2026
  28. [ab]
    Served as Vice Chair from December 2024 to May 2025[24] On May 5, 2025, was removed from board by the Trump administration more than a year before his term was set to expire.[25]

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