Patricia A. Goldman

Patricia A. Goldman
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
In office
June 1979 – February 5, 1988
  • Vice Chair: April 1982 – February 5, 1988
  • Acting Chair: May 1986 – August 1986
President
Preceded byPhilip Hogue
Succeeded byLee Dickinson
Personal details
Born
Patricia Ann Goldman

(1942-03-22)March 22, 1942
Newton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2023(2023-07-26) (aged 81)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
  • (m. 1978; died 1987)
    Stephen Kurzman
    (m. 1990)
EducationGoucher College (BA)

Patricia Ann Goldman (March 22, 1942 – July 26, 2023) was an American public official and women's rights advocate. She served on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from 1979 to 1988, most of that time as vice chair.

An alumna of Goucher College, Goldman began her career in 1964 as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. She worked for various political organizations, directing the Wednesday Group (a group of liberal Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives) and chairing the Republican Women's Task Force of the National Women's Political Caucus. She was appointed to the NTSB by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and reappointed by Ronald Reagan in 1984.

In 1988, Goldman entered the private sector as a senior vice president for USAir. She was later president of the WISH List and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, which she co-founded and served on the board of the Chautauqua Foundation.