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	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Philip Hogue
Succeeded by	Lee Dickinson
Personal details
Born	Patricia Ann Goldman (1942-03-22)March 22, 1942 Newton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	July 26, 2023(2023-07-26) (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Charles Goodell ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 1987)​ Stephen Kurzman ​ (m. 1990)​
Education	Goucher 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.