Former Jacksonville, Florida Mayor Alvin Brown has been picked to fill a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal panel that reviews transportation disasters for ways to improve safety.
Brown, a Democrat who led City Hall from 2011 to 2015 and held positions in former President Bill Clinton's administration, was named to fill a role on the five-person board that’s been open for more than a year.
Brown will take the seat formerly held by Robert L. Sumwalt, who had been both chairman and vice-chair during a 15-year NTSB tenure that ended in June 2021.
The NTSB investigates every civil aviation accident in the country and studies accidents it considers significant involving highways, water transportation, railroads or pipelines.
