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American transportation executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Nathan "Janno" Lieber (born September 19, 1961)[1] is the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York. He was appointed acting chair and CEO in July 2021 and confirmed permanently in January 2022.
Janno Lieber | |
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.jpg) Lieber in August 2022 | |
| 15th Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2022 Acting: July 29, 2021 – January 20, 2022 | |
| Governor | Andrew Cuomo Kathy Hochul |
| Preceded by | Pat Foye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Nathan Lieber September 19, 1961 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) New York University (JD) |
Lieber was born on September 19, 1961, to Charles and Mimi Levin Lieber.[citation needed] Charles was a president of the Hebrew Publishing Company and Mimi was a member of the New York State Board of Regents.[2][3]
In the 1980s, Lieber was a journalist at The New Republic.[4]
He worked as a transportation policy advisor during New York City Mayor Ed Koch's administration.[4] Later Lieber served as an acting assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation during the Clinton administration.[4]
In 2003, he joined Silverstein Properties, where he would later become the president of their World Trade Center Properties division, working on the rebuilding after the September 11 attacks.[5][6] In a 2015 interview with The New York Times, he described himself as "a jack-of-all-trades," saying, "I do everything from financing to the legal to the design and construction to the P.R. and government relations."
In 2017, then-governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Lieber to be the MTA's chief development officer.[4] In this role of chief development officer, Lieber oversaw a range of capital initiatives including the long-delayed completion of the extension of the Second Avenue Subway line on the East Side of Manhattan.[7]
In July 2021, Cuomo nominated Lieber to serve as acting chair and CEO, following the retirement of Pat Foye.[4] In November 2021, governor Kathy Hochul said she wanted to nominate him for those roles permanently.[5] He was formally nominated by Hochul and subsequently confirmed by the New York State Senate in January 2022.[8][9]
On January 25, 2023, Lieber rode with Hochul on the first train to the new Grand Central Madison station, part of the East Side Access project.[10]
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