Mr. James Hall

Council Member Biography

James Hall is the Managing Partner of Hall & Associates in Washington, DC, where he is a leading expert on transportation safety and security, having served government and private clients for more than 35 years. Mr. Hall was nominated by President Clinton to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in 1993, became the Board's chairman in 1994 and led the Board through January 2001. During his chairmanship, Mr. Hall improved safety in all modes of transportation in the U.S. and abroad. He visited more than 30 nations as chairman, and oversaw a period of unprecedented activity as the NTSB investigated numerous major aviation, rail, pipeline and maritime accidents in the U.S. and assisted in many international accident investigations. In 1996, President Clinton named Mr. Hall to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. Under his leadership, the NTSB issued landmark safety studies on commuter airlines, the air tour industry, the performance and use of child restraint systems, personal watercraft, transit bus operations, passive-grade railway crossings and the dangers posed to children by passenger-side airbags in automobiles. Mr. Hall began his career in Washington serving as counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and a member of the staff of Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2002 - Unspecified

Managing Partner, Hall & Associates LLC

1996 - 1996

Commissioner, White House Commission on Aviation Safety & Security

1994 - 2001

Chairman, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

1993 - 1993

Chief of Staff, Senator Harlan Mathews