Jane Garvey was recently named Head of the U.S. Public/Private Partnerships at JPMorgan.  In this role she will be advising states on financing strategies to facilitate much needed project delivery for Governments.  Prior to joining JPMorgan, Ms. Garvey was with APCO Worldwide where she was Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Transportation Practice providing senior council to clients on a range of transportation policy topics.

Ms. Garvey was the 14th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  Nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate in August 1997 as the first FAA administrator to serve a five-year term, Ms. Garvey led the nation’s aviation system into the 21st century.  Her legacy as administrator includes leading the FAA through one of the toughest chapters in all of our history, restoring America’s confidence in air travel, and strengthening airline safety.

During Administrator Garvey’s term, the FAA successfully navigated the Year 2000 transition, established a risk management approach across the entire aviation community to improve aviation safety, and achieved aggressive strides to expand the capacity and capabilities of the air traffic control system.

Prior to becoming FAA Administrator in 1997, Ms. Garvey was Acting Administrator and previously Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).  Among her accomplishments at the FHWA, Ms. Garvey conceived and developed the Innovative Financing Initiative, enabling the states to use federal highway funds more effectively.  Most of the funds-management methods tested by more than 30 states under this initiative were later enacted into law.  One particularly successful innovation enables a state to pledge future federal highway revenues to repay a special debt instrument, designated a GARVEE (Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle) by the U.S. public finance market.

Before joining the FHWA, Ms. Garvey was director of Boston’s Logan International Airport.  From 1988 to 1991, she was Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works.

Ms. Garvey has received numerous awards and public recognition including the National Air Transportation Association’s Distinguished Service Award, the National Council of Public-Private Partnerships Leadership Award, the National Award of Excellence from the National Association from State Aviation Officials, the Leadership Award from the American Association of Airport Executives, and the Woman of the Year award from both Women in Transportation Seminar and Women in Politics.  In 2002, the Association of Road and Transportation Builders Association presented Ms. Garvey with their highest annual award where Ms. Garvey joined the distinguished list of The Hundred Leaders in Transportation for the 20th Century.  She also serves on several corporate boards and non-profit organization and commissions throughout the transportation community.