Janette Sadik-Khan

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Janette Sadik-Khan

Walter B. Hook, Janette Sadik-Khan, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Enrique Peñalosa
Born San Francisco, California
Nationality American
Alma mater Occidental College
Columbia Law School
Occupation Civil service
Spouse(s) Mark A. Geistfeld
Parents Orhan Sadik-Khan
Jane McCarthy
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Janette Sadik-Khan was the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation from 2007-2013,[1] appointed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to replace Iris Weinshall.

Background

Sadik-Khan was born in San Francisco, California, United States[2] and received a B.A. from Occidental College (with a major in Political Science), and a law degree from Columbia Law School.[3]

Previously she worked at the Mayor's Office for Transportation under David Dinkins, the Federal Transit Administration,[4] Parsons Brinckerhoff, as a Senior Vice President[5] and was a board member of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.[6]

Janette Sadik-Khan is married to Mark A. Geistfeld, a professor of law at New York University.[7] She is the daughter of the late Orhan Sadik-Khan, managing director of UBS Paine Webber.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Janette Sadik-Khan: Inside NYC's Traffic Command Center, 12/05/2011
  2. ↑ DOT's new boss a spokes-woman - NY Daily News, June 11, 2007
  3. ↑ Biography of Commissioner Sadik-Khan. New York City Department of Transportation. Accessed May 22, 2008.
  4. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/nyregion/06sadik-khan.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&hpw
  5. ↑ Neuman, William. "New Transportation Commissioner Is Named", The New York Times, April 28, 2007. Accessed May 22, 2008.
  6. ↑ Mobilizing the Region. "TSTC Trustee is New City Transportation Chief", May 3, 2007. Accessed April 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ New York Times marriage announcement for Sadik-Khan and Geistfeld
  8. ↑ "Deaths: SADIK, KHAN, ORHAN". the New York Times. August 7, 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2013. 
  9. ↑

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