Mon, Jul 20, 2009
Letter To The President Says She'll Pursue 'Private Sector'
Opportunities
NTSB Member Kathryn
(Kitty) O’Leary Higgins Monday submitted her resignation from
the Board to President Obama , effective August 3.
In her letter to the President, Higgins said, “I have
loved the chance to work with incredibly dedicated public servants
who are passionate about the challenge of making our highways,
airlines, railroads, and waterways safe for everyone.”
Higgins said she is leaving the Board to pursue opportunities in
the private sector.
Higgins joined the Board on January 3, 2006. During her
tenure at the NTSB, she was the Board Member on scene at several
major accident investigations, including the Blue Line derailment
in Chicago in July 2006; the May 2008 collision of two light rail
trains in Newton, Massachusetts; the August 2008 crash of a
firefighters’ helicopter in Weaverville, California that
killed 9; the September 2008 collision of a commuter train with a
freight train in Chatsworth, California that killed 25; and the
ditching of a US Airways airliner in the Hudson River in January
2009. She also chaired the Safety Board’s hearing into
the fire aboard a motor coach in Wilmer, Texas that killed 23
elderly patients being evacuated from the path of Hurricane
Rita.
Higgins
Among the government positions Higgins held before coming to the
NTSB were Deputy Secretary of Labor, Acting Chair of the National
Endowment of the Arts, Vice Chair of the Presidential Commission on
U.S. Coast Guard Roles and Missions, and Assistant to the President
and Cabinet Secretary.
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