Michael Massiah

Michael Massiah was appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for the Port Authority in December 2017. In this position, Mr. Massiah works closely with the Executive Director to assure the values of diversity and inclusion receive the highest respect across the agency and that these values are put into action within the workforce and in its business affairs. Prior to this appointment, over a 36-year period, Mr. Massiah worked in progressively more responsible roles within the agency, holding key positions such as: Director, Human Resources Department (HRD), where he led efforts to rebuild the agency’s human resources functions following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center; Director of the Office of Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management (OECM), implementing over $150 million of cost efficiencies throughout the agency; Director, Management and Budget Department (MBD), focusing on developing the agency’s capital and operating budgets (over $7 billion in 2014), cost control strategies, and continuous improvement through program review and evaluation; and Chief, Capital Planning, Execution & Asset Management focusing on planning a $32 Billion ten-year capital plan, and managing a Project Management Office, World Trade Center Department, Office of Business Diversity & Civil Rights, Planning and Regional Development and Environmental Policy and Energy Programs.