Matt de Ferranti was appointed to NVTC in April 2020. He served as NVTC’s chair in 2024 and currently serves as the chair of the NVTC WMATA Committee and as a member of the NVTC Executive Committee.  Effective July 1, 2025, Mr. de Ferranti serves as an alternate director on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors.

First elected to the Arlington County Board in November 2018, Mr. de Ferranti was unanimously elected as chair of the County Board by his colleagues on January 4, 2021, and then again on January 5, 2026. In 2025, He was elected chair of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.  In 2025, Mr. de Ferranti served as a member of the Task Force for DMVMoves, a joint initiative of WMATA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) to develop a unified vision for transit in the region.

Mr. de Ferranti’s career, first as a teacher in a low-income community in Houston and later as a lawyer, has been dedicated to helping people build better lives for themselves and their children. As an attorney, Matt worked on land use and economic development issues for local governments. He subsequently served as an advocate for economic and educational equity at Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together, the Education Trust, and the National Indian Education Association.

Mr. de Ferranti began serving on Arlington County’s Housing Commission in 2013. In 2014, he was appointed to the Arlington Public Schools Budget Advisory Council, where he served as Chair in 2017-2018. Matt also served on the Joint Facilities Advisory Commission, which brings Arlington County, Arlington Public Schools, and the community together to plan for our future.

A 2015 Leadership Arlington graduate, 2016 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, and 2017 graduate of Arlington Neighborhood College, Matt grew up in neighboring McLean and lives in the Rock Spring neighborhood with his wife, daughter, son and dog.