Kevin S. Corbett

Corbett was born December 5, 1955. His father, Andrew Corbett, of Pelham, New York, was the chairman of A. J. Corbett & Sons, a steamship agency and maritime consultancy.[1][2]

He is a graduate of Georgetown University.[1] He serves as a Blue and Gold Officer for the U.S. Naval Academy.[3] He was a fellow of Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.[4]

Corbett married Siobhan Alden, a physician, in 1991.[1] He and his wife reside in Mendham;[3] both use NJ Transit regularly.[5] The couple own a private home and a 5-acre farm in the town.[6]

Corbett was a vice president of the global transportation consulting firm AECOM.

Corbett was a vice president of Wilhelmsen Lines, a shipping company in Oslo, and was the general manager of its subsidiary in New York, the Barber West Africa Line.[1] He has worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Empire State Development Corporation (Executive VP and COO)[7] and Galliford Try.

Corbett has been on the board of the New York League of Conservation Voters,[8] the Regional Plan Association,[9] the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey.[10] and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.[11]

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has called NJT a "national disgrace".[12] In January 2018, Murphy asked for resignation letters from approximately 20 senior staff members,[13] and signed an executive order calling for a complete audit.[14] Corbett was appointed by Murphy in January 2018.[15][16][17][18] He will replace Steven Santoro, who announced he will resign in April 2018.[19] At his introduction, Corbett said there is "untapped value" in the agency.[20]

During his tenure NJ Transit implemented the federally required Positive Train Control (PTC) safety system.[21]

NJ Transit had no 'capital plan' when Corbett took over. He contracted one, expected in December 2019.[22]

In February 2020 there were calls for his resignation citing the lack of improvement in service in his two year tenure.[23]

In June Corbett revealed a 5-year capital with over $16 billion in capital spending and the agecny's first 10-year capital plan.[24]

During his tenure NJ Transit implemented the federally required Positive Train Control (PTC) safety system, completely the work in December 2020.[25]

• Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti
• Governorship of Phil Murphy
• George Warrington
• James Weinstein (New Jersey official)
• Richard A. White
• Christopher O. Ward

• Higgs, Larry (24 March 2019). "We asked the head of NJ Transit (and some of his critics) to grade his 1st year. How'd he do?". nj.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.