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2nd Annual Archie League Awards: Selection CommitteeNATCA members nominated their fellow colleagues to receive the Archie League Medal of Safety. A committee, comprised of three individuals with a broad range of aviation expertise and experience, selected the award recipients from the nominees in each region. NATCA is pleased to welcome back this committee for a second year in a row. Below is a brief biography about the panel, Mortimer Downey III, Jane Garvey and John Nance. Mortimer L. Downey III Mortimer L. Downey held the position of U.S. deputy secretary of transportation for eight years, becoming the longest serving individual in that post. As the department’s chief operating officer, Downey developed the agency’s highly regarded strategic and performance plans and had program responsibilities for operations, regulations and investments in land, sea, air and space transportation. In a prior administration, he served as assistant secretary of the department. Previously, Downey was the executive director and chief financial officer of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also worked at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget and at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a Master’s degree from New York University, completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and served as an officer with U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He is currently chairman of PB Consult, Inc. Jane F. Garvey Nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate in August 1997 as the first Federal Aviation Administration administrator to serve a five-year term, Jane F. Garvey led the nation’s aviation system into the 21st century. Garvey’s legacy as administrator includes leading the FAA through one of the toughest chapters in our nation’s history, restoring America’s confidence in air travel, and strengthening airline safety. Prior to becoming FAA administrator Garvey was acting administrator and previously deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Before joining FHWA, Garvey was director of Boston’s Logan International Airport and commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Mount Saint Mary College and a Master’s degree from Mount Holyoke College along with several honorary degrees. She currently is executive vice president and chairman for the Transportation Practice at APCO Worldwide. John J. Nance John J. Nance, a native Texan who grew up in Dallas, holds a Bachelor’s degree from SMU and a Juris Doctor from SMU School of Law, and is a licensed attorney. Named Distinguished Alumni of SMU for 2002, he is also a decorated Air Force pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield and a Lt. Colonel in the USAF Reserve, well known for his involvement in Air Force human factors flight safety education. Nance has piloted a wide variety of jet aircraft, including most of Boeing’s line and the Air Force C-141, and has logged over 13,000 hours of flight time in his commercial airline and Air Force careers. He flies his own turbine aircraft, was a veteran Boeing 737 Captain for Alaska Airlines, and is an internationally recognized air safety analyst and advocate, best known to North American television audiences as Aviation Analyst for ABC World News and Aviation Editor for Good Morning America. Nance’s new book, “ORBIT,” is due out in late February. “ORBIT,” soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000, is the gripping tale of an ordinary American trapped alone in a commercial spaceflight gone bad a mere five years from now and writing his epitaph, unaware that the entire world is reading every word below. Think Apollo 13 meets the Truman Show! |