Airports
DOT Names Aviation ‘Czar’ for New York
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has tapped Marie Kennington-Gardiner of Staten Island to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, created

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has tapped Marie Kennington-Gardiner of Staten Island to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, created by the DOT last year as part of a coordinated effort to address chronic aviation delays in the New York region.

As the aviation “czar,” Kennington- Gardiner will coordinate regional airspace issues and all projects and initiatives addressing problems of congestion and delays in the New York metropolitan region. She most recently served as director of the Lower Manhattan Recovery Office to coordinate federal emergency transit investments following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Her previous FAA experience includes senior management positions in three FAA regions representing the entire East Coast.