A respected transportation industry leader, Lillian Borrone’s professional career has included senior policy and executive positions at both the federal and regional governmental levels and as an advisor to distinguished private and public sector companies.
Mrs. Borrone retired from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as Assistant Executive Director in 2000. In that role she provided advice to the Executive Director and Board of Commissioners on an array of issues including international trade and development, real estate acquisition and disposition for maritime, aviation and mixed use development projects and on transportation capital management priorities.
Prior to this position, Mrs. Borrone served for over 12 years as Director of the Port Commerce Department overseeing the New York and New Jersey marine terminals, waterfront and economic development projects, and, international relations responsibilities.
During her Port Authority career, Mrs. Borrone also served as Director of Management and Budget, Assistant Director of Aviation and in senior management positions in the Terminals and Rail Transportation Departments.
She served as a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation as Associate Administrator and then Deputy Administrator of the Federal Transportation Administration’s predecessor agency, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA).
In 2001, Mrs. Borrone was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the United States Commission on Ocean Policy. The Commission’s report, “An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century”, was submitted to the Congress and accepted by the President in September, 2004. Lillian served until January 2020 as an active participant on the Joint Ocean Initiative Steering Committee, a successor entity comprised of US Commission as well as Pew Ocean Commission members and distinguished ocean community leaders.
Mrs. Borrone is the immediate past Chairman of the Eno Center for Transportation in Washington, D. C. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of STV, Inc. from 2002 through 2019 and on a number of other private and public Boards.
Mrs. Borrone has received a number of honors and recognitions during her career, including election to the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Construction and the National Academy of Public Administration.
A graduate of Manhattan College, Bronx, New York with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering/Transportation Management, she also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from American University in Washington, D. C.
