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.