On the first day of 2015, incoming Mayor Muriel Bowser named her choice for Director of District Department of Transportation. Leif Dormsjo comes to the District from the Maryland Department of Transportation, where he served as Deputy Secretary for Planning and Project Management. Dormsjo replaces Matt Brown, who Bowser named as the new Director of the Office of Budget and Finance.
Background information about Dormsjo is available on the DDOT website. David Alpert of Greater GreaterWashington also weighed in on the appointment.