Jim Mathews
President and CEO, Rail Passengers Association
Jim Mathews is President and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association, a non-profit organisation that advocates for improved transportation safety and accessibility. He serves on six U.S. Federal government advisory panels and testifying before Congressional committees and regulatory agencies.
Previous achievements include serving four years at the US Dept. of Transportation's National Advisory Committee on Travel & Tourism Infrastructure where Mathews was the principal drafter of the NACTTI’s final report for Congress and DOT in 2020.
Prior to joining the Association in 2014, the Harvard graduate enjoyed a successful 26-year-long career with Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and he worked as a firefighter/medic in Fairfax County, Virginia, for 13 years until enrolling in the Emergency Pre-Hospital Medicine programme at George Washington University in 2002.