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 Matthew Welbes serves as Executive Director and Acting Deputy Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator in Washington, D.C., directing the daily operations of the agency in support of public transportation services in communities across the United States. He supports the FTA Administrator in providing leadership and establishing direction on public transportation policies, budgets, and strategic priorities. He guides the management of the agency’s $10 billion annual budget and the 500 people who serve FTA’s customers.
Prior to joining the Office of the Administrator as a Senior Advisor in 2001, Mr. Welbes worked in FTA’s Office of Budget & Policy. His work there included development of agency policies, legislation, budgets to Congress, investment studies, and performance measures for public transportation benchmarking. During 2007-8 he served as FTA’s Acting Associate Administrator for Research, Technology & Innovation and in 2001-2 as the Acting Director of FTA’s Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Office. He began his federal career as a Presidential Management Fellow in 1992, working in the Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, and the FTA.
He has a M.P.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. In 2000 he received a German Marshall Fund fellowship to study transportation, environmental, and land use policies in Europe.
He lives with his wife Lora and their daughter in Arlington, Virginia.
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