Dan Tangherlini
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Dan Tangherlini is the current City Administrator of Washington, D.C., and previously served as the interim general manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates the Metrorail and Metrobus systems in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Tangherlini succeeded Richard A. White as general manager in February 2006 and stepped down in November 2006.
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[edit] Education
Tangherlini holds a B.A. and M.P.P. degree from the University of Chicago. In addition, he holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
[edit] Career
Before joining Metro, Tangherlini served the District of Columbia government, first as the Chief Financial Officer for the Metropolitan Police Department from November 1998 to May 2000, and then as the director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) until February 2006.
Prior to joining the DC government, Tangherlini worked for the United States Secretary of Transportation, where he helped in negotiating a labor settlement with Amtrak, and helped in developing new approaches to infrastructure financing. He also served in the United States Office of Management and Budget from 1991 to 1997.
Tangherlini withdrew from consideration as Metro's next permanent General Manager after accepting the position of City Administrator in the cabinet of Adrian Fenty, the Democratic nominee and District's presumptive Mayor. Fenty and Tangherlini each signed letters of intent agreeing to join forces. While the city position pays less money than the Metro position ($195,000 vs. $235,000), Tangherlini considers the city position as an opportunity to make a larger difference in the lives of more people.[1] Tangherlini succeeded Robert Bobb as City Administrator, who resigned in order to run for president of the DC Board of Education.[2]
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| Preceded by Richard A. White |
WMATA General Manager 2006 |
Succeeded by John B. Catoe Jr. |
