The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has returned to the full slate of five board members with the additions of Alvin Brown and J. Todd Inman. Both confirmed by the Senate on March 8, Brown stepped into a position that has been vacant since former chair Robert Sumwalt stepped down in 2021, while Inman succeeded Bruce Landsberg, whose term expired last year.
To serve through 2026, Brown was originally nominated to the post in 2022 but—after the Senate failed to act—was renominated last year. He brings to the board a lengthy background in urban and community affairs, most recently as senior advisor for community infrastructure opportunities for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The first African American to be elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, Brown served with the White House leadership team under former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore and served as senior advisor for urban policy and vice chair of the White House Community Empowerment Board, leading $4 billion in community initiatives. He also was a senior advisor to the late commerce secretary Ron Brown, executive director of the Bush/Clinton Katrina Interfaith Fund, and executive in residence at Jacksonville University’s Davis School of Business.
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