Doug Murphy is the Regional Administrator for FAA's Southern Region that includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He is the FAA Administrator's principal representative and Senior Executive for this region, its 7,000 employees, and $1+ billion operating budget with headquarters located in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.
Mr. Murphy served as the Regional Administrator for FAA’s Northwest Mountain Region from October 2003 until transferring to Southern Region in October of 2006. Prior to this, he served as Manager of FAA's Southwest Region Air Traffic Division for eight years. A controller by profession, Mr. Murphy has held a number of key executive and management positions during his 38-year FAA career including assignments in five FAA regions, the FAA Academy and FAA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. where he served as Director of Air Traffic Program Management.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Region 10 headquartered in Seattle and Region 4, an area that includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In this role, he provided executive leadership to ensure transportation emergency planning and response for Incidents of National Significance, including hurricanes.
Mr. Murphy, a member of FAA's Senior Executive Service for 15 years, has received more than 35 awards during his career including the Air Traffic Control Association's Quesada Award in 1999 as the nation's outstanding air traffic manager. He also received a Congressional Letter of Commendation for his leadership in rebuilding the air traffic controller work force in the early 1980s while serving as Superintendent of the FAA's Academy in Oklahoma City.
Doug Murphy earned both Bachelor and Master's Degrees in Aviation Management, and is the author of a book titled “PATCO and the FAA: The Relationship and Its Effect on the Air Traffic System of the United States.”