Bombardier board member quits to join Obama teamJane Garvey This article is about the aviation adminstrator. For the BBC Radio Five Live presenter, see Jane Garvey (broadcaster). Jane Garvey (Jane Famiano) was head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. Garvey earned her B.A. , the former chief of the US Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , on Tuesday quit the board of Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. jet and train manufacturer Bombardier to join US president-elect Barack Obama's team. "Jane F. Garvey is stepping down as a board member, effective today," Bombardier said in a statement. "Ms. Garvey has accepted to serve on the transition team of US president-elect Barack Obama." Garvey was head of the US Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002, becoming the first administrator appointed to a five-year term, the first female administrator and the first who was not a licensed pilot. She joined Bombardier, which manufacturers airplanes and trains, last year. "I would like to thank Jane Garvey for her sound advice and guidance during her tenure," said Bombardier chairman Laurent Beaudoin Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q., M.Comm., D.Sc.Adm., F.C.A., (born May 13, 1938, in Laurier Station, Quebec) is a Canadian businessman. The son-in-law of Joseph Armand Bombardier, Beaudoin became Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier, Inc. . "We wish her great success." 
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