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Hersman takes reins from Rosenker

Deborah Hersman was sworn in as the 12th chairman of the NTSB at the end of July, taking over from acting chairman Mark Rosenker, who held the position of

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

August 25, 2009

Deborah Hersman was sworn in as the 12th chairman of the NTSB at the end of July, taking over from acting chairman Mark Rosenker, who held the position of chairman or acting chairman since 2005. Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as chairman by President Obama on June 18 and confirmed by the Senate on July 24. She was also nominated and confirmed for a second five-year term as Board member, which runs through the end of 2013.

During her first five-year term on the board, Hersman presided over 16 major investigations, including several high-profile aviation accident investigations such as the February 2005 crash of the
Platinum Jet Challenger 600 at Teterboro, N.J.; the August 2006 crash of a
Comair CRJ100 in Lexington, Ky.; the October 2006 crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle’s Cirrus SR20 into a Manhattan apartment building; the September 2008 crash of the Global Exec Aviation
Learjet 60 in Columbia, S.C.; and the September 2008 crash of a Maryland State Police
Eurocopter AS 365N3 EMS helicopter in Forestville, Md.

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