Christie Announces Nominations for Key Transportation Positions
By Douglas J. Steinhardt, Esq.
Governor-Elect Chris Christie has announced the appointments of Jim Simpson as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and James Weinstein as Executive Director of New Jersey Transit. Both Simpson and Weinstein currently hold executive positions at transportation and infrastructure companies and have extensive experience in government, overseeing various agencies that focus on transportation.
 Jim Simpson is Chairman of Victory Worldwide Transportation and is Chairman and Co-Founder of Spartan Solutions, an infrastructure management company. Simpson has served at the Federal Transportation Authority, overseeing an annual budget of 10 billion dollars. During his tenure, he oversaw a total of 30 billion dollars in transit construction and awarded nearly 14 million dollars in federal capital grants. Prior to his work with the FTA, he also served briefly as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation.
Jim Simpson is also a former Commissioner of the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In the aftermath of 9-11, Simpson was the primary New York MTA Board liaison to the Governor’s and Mayor’s offices in coordinating transit activities at the World Trade Center site. Former New York Governor Pataki also appointed him as a member of the New York State Job Development Authority Board.
James Weinstein is Vice President at AECOM, a global engineering and architectural design firm which specializes in transportation, facilities, environmental and energy, and is a former Senior Vice President of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Under Governor Whitman, Weinstein previously served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation. He also served as the Director of the Authorities Unit during Governor Kean’s administration.
Throughout his career, James Weinstein has held numerous positions on boards and commissions, notably serving as Commissioner on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1999 to 2001. From 1999 to 2002, he also served as commissioner on the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the New Jersey Highway Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader partner, Doug Steinhardt commented on the appointments of Simpson and Weinstein, “Both Jim Simpson and James Weinstein are well respected individuals with superior credentials. Their combined years of experience, in both government and business, will provide a balanced, real-world approach that is especially needed here in New Jersey in order to advance solutions to our very unique transportation challenges.”
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Steinhardt & Fader, having
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A native of Warren County, New Jersey, Doug
received his undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and his Juris
Doctorate from Widener University School of Law. While at Gettysburg College,
he was a four-year member of their NCAA Division III football team. At Widener
University Law School, Doug was a member and, later, associate editor of the
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Doug began his legal career as a law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey
before joining his father, Joseph W. Steinhardt, in their Belvidere, New Jersey,
law practice. Besides deep roots in family law, land use and general litigation
matters, Doug has extensive experience in municipal law and, as a public servant,
is the first, four-term Mayor in Lopatcong, New Jersey history. In addition to
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and on the Board of Directors of the Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America in July 2008.
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