John L. Buono (born 1943) is chairman and chief executive officer of the

New York State Thruway Authority The New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States. The NYSTA was formed in 1950 with the responsibility of constructing, maintaining, and operating the New York State Thruway, a syste ...

. Buono graduated from

Hudson Valley Community College Hudson Valley Community College is a public community college in Troy, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). Although about eighty percent of the students are from the Capital District, the remainder are from other pa ...

in 1968, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from

University at Albany, SUNY The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...

. His first job was that of an administrator and teacher at St. Agnes School in

Loudonville, New York Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States. Loudonville was a census-designated place in the 1970, 1980, and 1990 US Census, but ceased to be in the 2000 Census, but became a CDP again in 2020. Hist ...

. By the mid 1970s, he had switched to civil service, becoming commissioner of employment and training for

Rensselaer County Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the la ...

and deputy county executive. He was elected Rensselaer County Clerk in 1978, and Rensselaer County Executive in 1985. In 1995,

George E. Pataki George Elmer Pataki (; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and went on ...

appointed Buono to direct the New York State Dormitory Authority. In 1998, Buono assumed the presidency of

. In 2002, Pataki appointed him to lead the Thruway Authority. He served until the expiration of his term in 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buono, John L. 1943 births County executives in New York (state) Living people New York (state) Republicans Presidents of campuses of the State University of New York University at Albany, SUNY alumni People from Loudonville, New York People from Rensselaer County, New York Hudson Valley Community College alumni