The Biden Administration has selected A. Bradley Mims, who had been president of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), to serve as the FAA’s deputy administrator. Mims steps into the role that Dan Elwell vacated late last year.

Mims has a 40-year background in transportation in multiple roles within the government, as well as the private sector. At COMTO, he steered an organization that promotes opportunities for minorities in the transportation industry.

During the Clinton Administration, Mims served at the FAA and the Department of Transportation. He also sat on the boards of the Airport Consultants Council, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, and the Maryland Transportation Authority. Additionally, he has been a congressional liaison for the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum and the National African American Museum and held roles with the Mid-Atlantic Laborers’ Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Booz/Allen/Hamilton.

COMTO chairman Freddie Fuller called Mims “an experienced industry expert who is well versed in all modes of transportation.”