Daniel M. "Dan" Tangherlini is the current Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Performance Officer at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Prior to that, he served as City Administrator of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 He was previously the interim general manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess...

, which operates the Metrorail

Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro, and unofficially Metrorail, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, and its surrounding suburbs. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name...

 and Metrobus

Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . Its fleet consists of 1,480 buses covering an area of in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. There are over 300 bus routes serving 12,216 stops, including 2,398 bus shelters. In fiscal year 2009,...

 systems in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Tangherlini succeeded Richard A. White

Richard A. White

Richard A. White is an American public transportation official who served as the CEO and General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, from 1996-2006. Prior to joining WMATA as CEO, he served as the general manager at Bay Area Rapid Transit in the San Francisco area...

 as general manager in February 2006 and stepped down in November 2006.

Education

Tangherlini holds B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 and M.P.P.

Master of Public Policy

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 degrees from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 and an M.B.A.

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...

.

Career

Before joining Metro, Tangherlini served the District of Columbia government, first as the Chief Financial Officer for the Metropolitan Police Department

Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

The Metropolitan Police Department, also known as the DC Police, DCPD, MPD, and MPDC is the municipal police force in Washington, D.C...

 from November 1998 to May 2000, and then as the director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation

District of Columbia Department of Transportation

The District of Columbia Department of Transportation is an agency of the government of the District of Columbia which manages and maintains publicly-owned transportation infrastructure in the District of Columbia...

 (DDOT) until February 2006.

Prior to joining the D.C. government, Tangherlini worked for the United States Secretary of Transportation

United States Secretary of Transportation

The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...

, where his work included Amtrak

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

 labor settlement negotiations and development of new approaches to infrastructure financing. He also served in the United States Office of Management and Budget

United States Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is a Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States .The current OMB Director is Jacob Lew.-History:...

 from 1991 to 1997.

Tangherlini withdrew from consideration as Metro's permanent General Manager after accepting the position of City Administrator in the cabinet of Adrian Fenty

Adrian Fenty

Adrian Malik Fenty was the sixth, and at age 36, the youngest, mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term—from 2007 to 2011—losing his bid for reelection at the primary level to Democrat Vincent C. Gray...

, then Democratic nominee for Mayor. Fenty and Tangherlini each signed letters of intent

Letter of intent

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 agreeing to join forces. While the city position paid less than the Metro position ($195,000 vs. $235,000), Tangherlini considered the city position an opportunity to make a larger difference in the lives of more people. As City Administrator, Tangherlini succeeded Robert Bobb

Robert Bobb

Robert C. Bobb is an appointed official who has been the Emergency Financial Manager for the Detroit Public Schools since 2009. In addition to being employed by the school district, he receives a salary from private foundations that promote school choice and privatization, and is the owner of a...

, who resigned to run for president of the D.C. Board of Education.

Personal life

Tangherlini is married with two children and is a member of several Capitol Hill community groups.

Further reading

• Obama Plucks Fenty Aide Tangherlini For Treasury The Washington Post
• U.S. Treasury - Treasury Officials U.S. Treasury

External links

• Metro bio of Dan Tangherlini from the Internet Archive
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