Joint Planning and Development Office
Who's Who


Senior Policy Committee
The Senior Policy Committee oversees the work of the JPDO. The Committee is chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and includes senior representatives from the five Federal agencies. Among its key activities, the Committee works to provide policy guidance, resolve major policy issues, and identify and align resource needs. 

Mary E. Peters Chair Department of Transportation Secretary
Tyler D. Duvall Executive Secretary of the SPC Department of Transportation Under Secretary for Policy (Acting)
Robert Sturgell Member FAA Administrator (Acting)
Michael D. Griffin Member NASA Administrator
Michael W. Wynne Member Department of Defense Secretary of the Air Force
John J. Sullivan Member Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary
Paul A. Schneider Member Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary (Acting)
John Marburger, III Member The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director

JPDO Board
An adjunct to the Senior Policy Committee, the JPDO Board consists of senior representatives from participating Federal agencies. Each Board member reports to his or her respective SPC member.

Charles A. Leader JPDO Director
Robert Pearce JPDO Deputy Director

William Davis

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Representative for Space and Aeronautics
Robie Samanta Roy The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director for Space Aeronautics
Pete Verga Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
Gerald F. Pease Department of Defense Executive Director, DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation
Mary Glackin Department of Commerce/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator Director, National Weather Service
Mike Golden Department of Homeland Security Assistant Administrator, Operational Process & Technology, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, TSA
Herman A. Rediess Department of Homeland Security Director of Transition, Explosives Division, Science and Technology Directorate
Paul Polski Department of Homeland Security Director of Joint Strategic Technology Planning, TSA, Security WG co-chair, JPDO
Jaiwon Shin NASA Associate Administrator of Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Hank Krakowski FAA ATO Chief Operating Officer
Nick Sabatini FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety

JPDO Division Directors
The Division Directors are responsible for the planning and management of NextGen. Each is assigned to one of the following six divisions: Systems Modeling & Analysis, Enterprise Architecture & Engineering, Policy, Portfolio Management, Partnership Management, and Business Management.

Charles Leader
JPDO
Director
Robert Pearce
NASA
Deputy Director
Peggy Gervasi
FAA
Policy Division Director
Edgar G. Waggoner
NASA
Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Division Director
Jay Merkle
FAA
Chief Architect
Kristen Burnham
FAA
Portfolio Management Division Director
Yuri Gawdiak
NASA
Systems Modeling and Analysis Division
Norma Lesser
FAA
Partnership Management Division Director (Acting)
Claire Robinson
FAA
Business Management Division Director

JPDO Working Groups
The Working Groups are made up of government officials and industry representatives, each of which specializes in developing one of NextGen’s key capabilities.

Aircraft
Jeff Duven
FAA
Aircraft
Dave Nakamura
Boeing
Airport
Charles Everett
FAA
Airport
Tom Browne
Carter & Burgess
Air Navigation Services
Elizabeth 'Lynn' Ray
FAA
Air Navigation Services
Bob Beard
Computer Sciences Corporation
Environment
Carl Burleson
FAA
Environment
Howard Aylesworth
AIA
Global Harmonization
Carey Fagan
FAA
Global Harmonization
Mike Marsili
Lockheed Martin
Net Centric Operations
Jim Henderson
Department of Defense
Net Centric Operations
Gene Hayman
Boeing
Safety
Jay J. Pardee
FAA
Safety
Paul Russell
Boeing
Security
Paul Polski
Department of Homeland Security
Security
Paul Druckman
Global Initiative
Weather
Mark Andrews
Department of Commerce/NOAA
Weather
Steve Brown
NBAA

JPDO Organization Chart

http://www.jpdo.gov/library/JPDO_Organization_OL.pdf


 

Email questions, comments, or feedback to 9-AWA-ATO-JPDO-Partnership@faa.gov.

JPDO is located at:
1500 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202-220-3487