The Transportation Labor-Management Board, a duly chartered advisory committee established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, reports to the Assistant Secretary for Administration.  It is comprised of seven (7) principal management and union members, who are listed below. (Management members are selected from among the Department's operating administrations.)  The purpose of the Board is to foster cooperative and constructive working relationships within the Department by providing a forum for discussions between management and the unions on significant departmental issues, and a forum from which to build mutual trust, respect and understanding. 

Management Board Members and their alternates:

Mari Barr Santangelo - Chair

Linda Moody, Alternate

Thomas Park - Office of the Secretary

Andrew Julian - Alternate

Ray Thoman - Federal Aviation Administration

Melvin Harris - Alternate

Brenda Mahaffey - Federal Railroad Administration

Kevin Bondesen - Alternate

Phil Coonley - Volpe

Jerry Forgett - Alternate

Allan Fisher -  FMCSA

Liz Hoefer, alternate

Jerry Hawkins - FHWA

David Lewis, Alternate

Robert Jamison - FTA

Brenda Wilson - Alternate

Delmas Johnson - NHTSA

Essex Brown - Alternate

Marc Owen - SLSDC

Kristen Royster - Federal Managers Association (FMA http://www.fedmanagers.org/)

Union Board Members and their alternates:

Richard Brown - National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE )

Randy Erwin - Alternate

Sherry De Vries - American  Federation of State, Count, Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Bill Chouinard, alternate

Susanne Pooler-Johnson, National Association of Government Employees (NAGE)

RoseMary Davenport, Alternate

John Gage, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

Charlie Bernhardt, Alternate

Wally Pike, National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS)

Donna Holmes, Alternate

John Carr, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

Michael Fanfalone, Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS)

Stephen Gomez, OST, is the Executive Secretary.

Additional Board Information

Charter  (doc) (pdf)

Board Operating Principles

Board Agendas & Meeting Minutes