FTA
18-02
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Contact: Karen Clarke
Tel.: (202) 366-4319
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta Announces Federal Transit Deputy Administrator
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the appointment
of Robert Jamison to serve as Deputy Administrator for the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA).
“Robert brings a wealth of communications and management
experience to the department. His
leadership and team building skills will be invaluable in achieving the
department’s strategic goals, and will prove to be important assets as we meet
the challenge of improving our nation’s public transportation systems,” said
Secretary Mineta. “I welcome him
aboard my team.”
Mr. Jamison has over fifteen years experience in domestic
and international corporate planning, operations, and management.
He comes to FTA from the American Red Cross, where he served as an
operations manager from 1997 to 1999, when he became Senior Operations Officer,
with responsibilities for managing a $2.5 billion budget, 33,000-employee
non-profit organization. His management experience also includes 13 years at United
Parcel Service, where his responsibilities ranged from operations supervisor to
oversight of foreign operation infrastructure investment to management of
systems and infrastructure for the Washington metropolitan area for the $30
billion industry leader.
As
Deputy Administrator, Mr. Jamison will lead the operations of the 170-person, 10-region
field staff that administer the $6 billion federal transit assistance program
with hands-on, day-to-day, face-to-face contact with our nation's transit
operators. He will shepherd the
investment of FTA's $4.5 billion budget for transit capital construction to
ensure that America's transit riders continue to get the most from America's
transit resource.
Mr. Jamison is a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Memphis. He and his wife Meg reside in Alexandria, Virginia.
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