Mary Schiavo
Mary Schiavo | |
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| Inspector General of the Department of Transportation | |
| In office October 31, 1990 – July 8, 1996 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Raymond DeCarli (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mario Lauro (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Ohio State University, Columbus Harvard University (BA) New York University (JD) |
Mary Fackler Schiavo (pronounced [ˈskjaːvo]) is an American lawyer. She was the Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) from 1990 to 1996. In 1997, Schiavo wrote Flying Blind, Flying Safe, which was critical of the Federal Aviation Administration.
In 1987 and 1988, Schiavo, then known as Mary Sterling, served as a White House Fellow and handled Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests as a special assistant to then US Attorney General Edwin Meese. From 1989 to 1990, she served at the United States Department of Labor as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Management Standards. She criticized the work of the 9/11 Commission and ValuJet's safety record.
Schiavo has represented air-crash survivors and appeared on investigative programs such as Frontline.