Mark V. Rosenker last Tuesday was sworn in as the new chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the federal agency that investigates major transportation-related accidents, including pipeline mishaps.

Rosenker, a member of the NTSB for more than three years, had been acting chairman since March 2005. President Bush nominated Rosenker as chairman, a position that lasts for two years, earlier this year, and he was confirmed by the Senate before it left for its summer recess.

Before joining the NTSB, Rosenker was deputy assistant to Bush and director of the White House Military Office. He had the responsibility for policies, personnel and plans that involve the Department of Defense assets in direct support of the president.

Prior to his White House stint, Rosenker was managing director of the Washington, DC office for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), overseeing the development, implementation and management of a national public information program dealing with all facets of organ transplantation in the United States. And before UNOS, he served 23 years as the vice president of public affairs for the Electronic Industries Alliance.

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