On March 17 President Bush announced that he intends to nominate Joseph H. Boardman to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration at the Department of Transportation.
Mr. Boardman currently serves as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation. He previously served the Department as First Deputy Commissioner and as Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Public Transportation. Prior to that, Mr. Boardman was Chief Operating Officer of Progressive Transportation Services, Inc., in Elmira, New York.
Mr. Boardman received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his master’s degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.