13 Facts About Dan Tangherlini

Daniel Mark Tangherlini was born on 1967 and is an American government official who currently serves as a Governor of the United States Postal Service.

Dan Tangherlini served as administrator of the US General Services Administration from 2012 to 2015.

Dan Tangherlini earlier served as an executive in the US Department of the Treasury, as City Administrator of Washington, DC, and as interim General Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Dan Tangherlini began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Office of Management and Budget in 1991.

Dan Tangherlini progressed through several positions in his time at OMB, and he transferred to the US Department of Transportation in 1997.

Dan Tangherlini worked for the US Secretary of Transportation, where his work included Amtrak labor settlement negotiations and development of new approaches to infrastructure financing.

In November 1998 Dan Tangherlini was loaned to the District of Columbia government, where he served as acting Chief Financial Officer for the Metropolitan Police Department.

Dan Tangherlini withdrew from consideration as Metro's permanent General Manager in November 2006 after accepting the position of City Administrator in the cabinet of Adrian Fenty, then Democratic nominee for Mayor.

Fenty and Dan Tangherlini each signed letters of intent agreeing to join forces.

Dan Tangherlini was named Acting Administrator of the US General Services Administration on April 2,2012, after the abrupt resignation of former Administrator Martha Johnson following the White House's discovery of the findings of an Inspector General's investigation into the misuse of taxpayer funds for an October 2010 employee conference in Las Vegas.

Dan Tangherlini is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Dan Tangherlini is married to Theresa Picillo, and they have two children.

Dan Tangherlini is a member of several Capitol Hill community groups.