Wed, Mar 04, 2009
Gilligan Named New Associate Administrator Of ASO
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) Acting Administrator Lynne A. Osmus announced Wednesday
several key personnel changes in the agency’s aviation safety
organization.
Peggy Gilligan was named the new associate administrator for
aviation safety. Gilligan has served as deputy assistant
administrator for aviation safety since July 1995. Previously, she
was chief of staff for four FAA administrators, served in the chief
counsel's office, and was an attorney in the FAA’s Eastern
Region in New York. Gilligan has been the government co-chair for
the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) since July 2001. She
also provided support to the US Secretary of Transportation’s
Rapid Response Team on aircraft safety following the September 11,
2001 terrorist attacks. .
John Hickey, director of FAA’s Aircraft Certification
Service since 2000, will replace Gilligan as deputy assistant
administrator for aviation safety.
Other changes include:
- Dorenda Baker, deputy director of the Aircraft Certification
Service, replaces Hickey as director.
- Kalene (KC) Yanamura, deputy regional administrator for the
Federal Aviation Administration’s Northwest Mountain Region,
becomes the new deputy director for the Aircraft Certification
Service.
- John Allen moves from deputy director to director of the Flight
Standards Service.
- John McGraw, manager of the FAA’s Flight Technologies and
Procedures Division, becomes the new deputy director for flight
standards policy.
- Doug Dalbey, flight standards division manager for FAA’S
Western Pacific Region, becomes deputy director for field
operations for the Flight Standards Service.
- Tina Amereihn has been named director of the Office of Quality,
Integration and Executive Services after serving as deputy
director.
- Hooper Harris, manager of accident investigation, is serving
temporarily as acting director of the Office of Accident
Investigation.
The FAA's Aviation Safety organization oversees compliance with
Federal regulations as applied to airmen, manufacturers, repair and
maintenance facilities, aviation schools, operators, aviation
agencies, individuals and organizations. It is composed of the
Flight Standards Service; Aircraft Certification Service; Office of
Aerospace Medicine; Office of Rulemaking; Office of Accident
Investigation; Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service; and the Office
of Quality, Integration, and Executive Services.
With a budget of $1 billion, the organization employs 6,800
people in the FAA’s Washington headquarters, nine regional
offices, and more than 125 field offices throughout the world.
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