Daniel M. Tangherlini
Principal, District of Columbia

Dan Tangherlini serves as City Administrator/Deputy Mayor for the District of Columbia, with responsibility for managing the day-to-day operations of the District. Tangherlini most recently served as the Interim General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

Prior to his service with WMATA, he served as the Director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation from June 2000 to February 2006 and the Chief Financial Officer of the Metropolitan Police Department from November 1998 to May 2000.

In the Executive Office of the Mayor, Mr. Tangherlini was the leader of a short-term action team from January to April 1999 that developed high-visibility, short-term initiatives for District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams. Before joining the District Government, Tangherlini was a senior program analyst in the Policy Office of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and a program examiner with the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President.

Tangherlini received his bachelor.s and master's degrees in public policy from the University of Chicago, as well as a master's in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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