Uzoamaka N. Okoye
Chief of Staff
The New Terminal One (NTO) at JFK

Uzoamaka N. Okoye is the Chief of Staff at The New Terminal One at JFK. In collaboration with the CEO and the Executive Leadership team, she drives strategy, planning and organizational development across all areas of the business. She oversees several functions that touch every area of the business, including sustainability, communications, board and company governance.

Uzoamaka brings more than two decades of experience in the construction and development industry, including substantial expertise as a legal adviser on construction and environmental law in the New York metropolitan area. She served for more than a decade at law firms Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) and Gibbons, prior to acting as Legal Counsel to The New Terminal One’s Project Management Office for four years before being appointed Chief of Staff in 2023.

She began her career as a project engineer in New York, working on water and wastewater infrastructure projects and assisting in the oversight and management of design and construction.

Uzoamaka holds a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School, a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from New York University – Polytechnic School of Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from American University.