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MORTIMER L. DOWNEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Mort Downey offers clients a distinguished transportation career
with a wealth of experience in the profitable management and operation
of major public authorities. Mr. Downey recently completed eight
years as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation. As the Department
of Transportation’s chief operating officer, Mr. Downey developed
the agency’s strategic and performance plans and had program
responsibilities for operations, regulations and investments in
land, sea, air and space transportation. In this position, Mr. Downey
not only managed the department’s highly-regarded strategic
planning process, but also doubled infrastructure funding over eight
years while reducing departmental overhead staff by ten percent.
He also served on the President’s Management Council, as chairman
of the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology,
and as a member of the board of directors of Amtrak.
Prior to accepting President Clinton's appointment as Deputy Secretary,
Mr. Downey served as executive director and chief financial officer
at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York,
the nation's largest independent public transportation authority.
During his twelve years at the MTA, he was particularly involved
in the capital rebuilding of the MTA system, overseeing the financing
for and programming of more than $20 billion of capital investment
into its regional transportation facilities.
Mr. Downey has over 40 years of distinguished public service to
his credit, including serving in the Carter Administration as the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs at the Department of
Transportation and on the Hill as the first transportation program
analyst for the US House of Representatives Committee on the Budget,
as well holding a number of positions with the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey. He has managed structures for capital infrastructure
renewal, and has had significant responsibilities for matters in
the international arena, including bilateral negotiations, multinational
conferences and international trade and development missions.
Mr. Downey now serves on the National Academy of Sciences Committee
on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, a team of 24
distinguished scientists and engineers. He has received numerous
professional awards over the years, including election to the National
Academy of Public Administration, where he serves on the board of
directors, and was the 1999 recipient of the organization's Truitt
Award for Transportation Management. He received the Frank Turner
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Transportation Research Board,
a lifetime achievement award from the American Public Transportation
Association and the Leadership Award from ITS America. He most recently
was elected to the Board of Directors of the Eno Foundation.
Mr. Downey holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University
and a Masters degree in Public Administration from New York University.
He has completed additional studies in advanced management at Harvard
University Graduate School of Business Administration.
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