Richard A. Davey is an American attorney and transportation executive who is the President of the
New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a New York state public-benefit corporations, public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York (state), New ...
. He was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...
from March 2010 to September 2011. After leaving state government, Davey served as chief executive of Boston 2024, a non-profit group planning
Boston's unsuccessful bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Davey also previously served as a Partner and associate director at
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the Big Three (or MBB, the world’s three largest management consulting firms by re ...
(BCG).
Early life and career
A native of
Randolph, Massachusetts
"To Say What One Feels"
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, Davey earned a BA degree from the
College of the Holy Cross and a JD ''summa cum laude'' from the
Gonzaga University School of Law
The Gonzaga University School of Law (also known as Gonzaga Law or GU Law) is the professional school for the study of law at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Established in 1912, the Jesuit-affiliated law school has been fully accredi ...
.
He began his legal career in 1999 with the
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United Stat ...
as a trial attorney for the
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Davey later worked for the New York City law firm of
Schulte Roth & Zabel.
Transportation executive
Before joining New York City Transit, Davey served as a Partner and Director at the Boston Consulting Group in their Public Sector and Industrial Goods practice areas. In that role, he was the State and Local Public Sector practice leader for the firm in North America, and he advised public transportation and transit systems, ports, railroads, highway operators, aerospace, and private transportation companies.
From 2011 to 2014, he served in the governor's cabinet as secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. He had direct operational responsibility for and oversight of the state's 15 regional transit agencies including the MBTA, highways, bridges, and tunnels (including the Big Dig), freight and passenger rail, 36 general use airports, and the state's Registry of Motor Vehicles. He also served as the Chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority.
Davey also served in a variety of capacities, including as General Manager, for the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad from 2003 to 2010 and as General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from 2010 to 2011, where he oversaw the fifth largest public transit system in the United States with over 1.3 million daily customers. In his first full year as general manager, customer complaints went down 40 percent. In 2013, Davey was honored by Construction Management Association of America with their Person of the Year award.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Holy Cross and a Juris Doctor summa cum laude from Gonzaga University. Davey is a Massachusetts native, but with roots in New York City, having previously worked and lived in Manhattan, including on September 11, 2001.
Boston Olympics bid
In January 2015, Davey became chief executive of Boston 2024, a nonprofit group in charge of planning for the ultimately unsuccessful
Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics
The Boston 2024 Partnership was a short-lived bid to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The official proposal was submitted on September 12, 2014. On January 8, 2015, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) c ...
. He was to have been paid $300,000 a year.
Personal life
Davey is married to
Jane Willis, a partner at
Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm with 13 offices located in the United States, Asia and Europe. The firm has more than 1,500 lawyers and professionals worldwide, and its clients include corporations and financial institutions, government agen ...
and a former member of the
MIT Blackjack Team
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.
They reside in New York.
References
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American public transportation executives
Executives of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority people
Massachusetts Secretaries of Transportation
People from Randolph, Massachusetts
Lawyers from Boston
College of the Holy Cross alumni
Gonzaga University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)