- Janette Sadik-Khan
Janette Sadik-Khan is the current Commissioner of the
New York City Department of Transportation , appointed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg onApril 27 ,2007 , to replaceIris Weinshall . Previously she worked atParsons Brinckerhoff as a Senior Vice President. [Neuman, William. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/nyregion/28dot.html?_r=1&ei=5099&en=3246829f127f4c15&ex=1178424000&partner=TOPIXNEWS&oref=slogin "New Transportation Commissioner Is Named"] , "The New York Times ",April 28 ,2007 . AccessedMay 22 ,2008 .]Sadik-Khan received a B.A. from
Occidental College (with a major in Political Science), and was awarded a law degree fromColumbia Law School . [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/commbio.shtml Biography of Commissioner Sadik-Khan] .New York City Department of Transportation . AccessedMay 22 ,2008 .] She is an ethnicTatar .References
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* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/commbio.shtml Biography of Commissioner Sadik-Khan]
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