Robert L. Sumwalt (U.S. government official)

This article is about the pilot and National Transportation Safety Board member. For others, see Robert Sumwalt (disambiguation).
Robert Sumwalt
14th Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board
In office
August 10, 2017 – June 30, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
DeputyBruce Landsberg
Preceded byChristopher A. Hart
Succeeded byJennifer Homendy
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
In office
August 21, 2006 – June 30, 2021
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byRichard Healing
Succeeded byAlvin Brown
Personal details
BornRobert Llewellyn Sumwalt III
(1956-06-30) June 30, 1956
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
RelativesRobert L. Sumwalt Jr. (father)
Robert L. Sumwalt (grandfather)
EducationUniversity of South Carolina (BS)
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (MS)

Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt III (born June 30, 1956) is an American academic, aviator, government official and writer. He was a board member of the National Transportation Safety Board for over 15 years, from August 2006 to June 30, 2021, serving as the agency's chairman from 2017 to 2021. He currently serves as the executive director of Embry-Riddle's Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety.

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