Next Generation Air Transportation
Senior Policy Commitee
The Secretary of Transportation has established a Senior Policy Committee to work with the Next Generation Air Transportation System Joint Planning and Development Office.
The Senior Policy Committee is made up of:
Department of Transportation
Norman Y. Mineta, Chair
Secretary
Jeff Shane, Executive Secretary of the Senior Policy Committee
Undersecretary for Policy
Department of Defense
Michael Wynne
Secretary, United States Air Force
Department of Commerce
Dr. David A. Sampson
Deputy Secretary
Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable Michael Jackson
Deputy Secretary
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. John Marburger Director
NASA
Dr. Michael Griffin
Administrator
FAA
Marion C. Blakey
Administrator
JPDO Board Members
Each partner agency has assigned at least one senior representative to serve on the JPDO Board.
In accordance with the Integrated National Plan, those senior representatives are empowered to speak
and act on behalf of their agency to the JPDO and on behalf of the JPDO to their agency. The JPDO
Board includes the following individuals:
Department of Defense
Pete Verga
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense)
pete.verga@osd.mil
Department of Commerce
To be determined
Department of Homeland Security
Randy Null/TSA
Assistant Director/Chief Information Officer, Operational Process & Technology
Robin C. “Chuck” Burke/TSA
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief Technology Officer
Scott T. Johnson
Aviation Programs
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Gregg Dvorak
NASA
Lisa Porter
Associate Administrator of Aeronautics Research
Jaiwon Shin
Deputy Associate Administrator of Aeronautics Research
FAA
Louise Maillet
Senior Counsel to the Administrator
JPDO Leadership Team
- Reports to the Senior Policy Committee (SPC) through the FAA Administrator
- Leads the planning and manages the transformation of the air transportation system
Robert Pearce, NASA
Acting Director
robert.pearce@faa.gov
Peggy Gervasi, FAA
Acting Deputy Director
peggy.gervasi@faa.gov
Jerry Friedman, MITRE
Chief Engineer
Dr. Edgar G. Waggoner, NASA
Enterprise Architecture Division Director
edgar.g.waggoner@nasa.gov
Claire Robinson, FAA
Systems Engineering and Integration Division Director
claire.robinson@faa.gov
Karl Grundmann, NASA
Communications Division Director
karl.grundmann@faa.gov
John Scardina, NASA
Portfolio Management Division Director
john.ctr.scardina@faa.gov
Sherry Borener, NASA
Evaluation and Analysis Division Director
sherry.borener@faa.gov
Joe W. Elliot, NASA
Business Management Division Director
joe.w.elliot@faa.gov
JPDO IPTs
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Creation of an action plan that accounts for elements needed to meet the requirements contained in the strategy assignment from the Integrated National Plan
Programmatic (budget, schedule, resources)
Technical (enterprise architecture)
Policy |
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Implementation and management of the action plan, including oversight of IPT and all other agencies involved in the effort |
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Status reports on the IPT's performance of the Action Plan (schedule, technical, financial) |
The JPDO created eight Integrated Product Teams, each led by one of the participating agencies as follows:
Integrated Product Team
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Lead Agency
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Director
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Airport Infrastructure
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Dennis Roberts
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Security
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Paul Polski
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Agile Air Traffic System
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Doug Arbuckle
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Shared Situational Awareness
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Col. Dave Rhodes
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Safety Management
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Jay J. Pardee
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Environment
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Carl Burleson
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Weather
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Mark Andrews
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Global Harmonization
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Carey Fagan
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Email questions, comments, or feedback to
JPDO is located at:
1500 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202-220-3300
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