Matt de Ferranti was appointed to NVTC in April 2020. He is serving as NVTC’s chair in 2024 and also serves as chair of the NVTC Executive Committee and a member of the NVTC WMATA Committee.

First elected to the Arlington County Board in November 2018, Mr. de Ferranti served as chair of the County Board in 2021, and he was re-elected to the County Board in November 2022. 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, Mr. de Ferranti 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, and the Education Trust. He 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. He also served on the Joint Facilities Advisory Commission, which brings Arlington County, Arlington Public Schools, and the community together to plan for the future.

Mr. de Ferranti is a 2015 Leadership Arlington graduate, 2016 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, and 2017 graduate of Arlington Neighborhood College.