Joseph H. Boardman
Joseph H. Boardman (born December 23, 1948 in Rome , New York , † March 7, 2019 in Florida ) was a US civil servant and from 2008 to 2016 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of the state railroad company Amtrak .
Life
Joseph Boardman grew up as the second of eight children on a dairy farm in Taberg, Oneida County , New York. In 1966 he volunteered for the United States Air Force and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 .
After his release, he studied at Cornell University in Ithaca and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Economics. He received his Master of Science degree in Management Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton .
From July 1981 to December 1988 he was Commissioner of Public Transportation in Broome County , New York State. During this time he improved the public transport. The entire bus network was revised and a new pricing system was created. In addition, the bus fleet was comprehensively renewed and the vehicle workshop rebuilt.
In July 1981 he co-founded the New York Public Transit Association , an association of providers of public transport services. From 1987 to 1989 he was president of this association. From 1989 he worked as Chief Operating Officer for Progressive Transportation Services Inc. This consulting company supported several communities in New York in improving local and regional public transport.
On February 23, 1995, he moved to the New York State Department of Transportation . There he was initially Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Public Transportation and First Deputy Commissioner . As of February 1997, Boardman, who belonged to the Republicans , was acting commissioner (head) of the Department of Transportation and thus a member of the state government of Governor George Pataki . On July 22, 1997, he was finally appointed Commissioner . As a result, he was heavily involved in expanding Amtrak's offering in New York. In addition, he introduced award regulations that encouraged the early completion of construction work and allowed contractual penalties in the event of default.
In 2005 he was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board and from 2000 to 2005 Chairman of the Standing Committee on Rail Transportation (SCORT) of the American Association of the State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), where he was responsible, among other things, for studies on investment needs and profitability of intermodal transport.
On April 28, 2005 he was confirmed by the Senate as the eleventh head of the Federal Railroad Administration . At the same time he became a representative of the United States Department of Transportation on the Amtrak board of directors.
On November 26, 2008, Boardman was named Amtrak CEO and President for one year after Alexander K. Kummant stepped down earlier this month. He retired from Amtrak on August 31, 2016. He died of a stroke on March 7, 2019 while on vacation with his family in Florida.
Boardman lived in Washington with his wife and had three children.
Web links
- Amtrak
- NY transit
- Frank N. Wilner: Open mind, fresh approach: Joseph H. Boardman comes to the Federal Railroad Administration with "a commitment to positive change." . Railway Age June 2005. FindArticles.com. 22nd Feb, 2009
Individual evidence
Lewis | Rice troup | Boyd | Claytor Jr. | Downs | Warrington | Gunn | Kummant | Boardman | Moorman | Anderson | Flynn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boardman, Joseph H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American manager and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 2019 |
| Place of death | Florida |