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Everett Lott
Everett Lott
Interim Director
District Department of Transportation
Everett Lott is Interim Director of the District Department of Transportation. He brings more than 28 years of experience in administration, including human resources, budget and finance, grants, labor and employee relations, and facilities management. Prior to joining DDOT, Everett worked for the Federal Highway Administration as the Senior Advisor for Shared Services. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in 2016 as the Associate Administrator for Administration for the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Prior to his appointment to the SES, Everett was part of the leadership team at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the HIV/AIDS Bureau as the Director of the Office of Operations and Management. Everett is not a newcomer to the District government. He previously served as the Acting Budget Director for the District of Columbia Public Schools, Senior Manager in the Executive Office of the Mayor, and as Deputy Director/Chief of Staff in the District's emergency 911 communications center.
Everett earned his B.A. and M.A. from Texas Tech University and completed additional graduate work at Harvard University. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society.
Chris Lawson
Chris Lawson
DC Division Administrator
Federal Highway Administration
Chris Lawson serves as Federal Highway’s Division Administrator for the District of Columbia Division where he partners with the District Department of Transportation to deliver the $175 million Federal-aid Highway Program. Chris has dedicated 26 years of service to FHWA, and has served in several leadership capacities including: Acting Director of the Office of International Programs; Special Assistant to the Federal Highway Administrator; and several field positions in Virginia, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania Divisions.
Chris has a Master of Science in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University.
Nana Bailey-Thomas, Esq.
Nana Bailey-Thomas, Esq.
Chief Transportation Equity and Inclusion Officer
District Department of Transportation
Nana Bailey-Thomas is the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) Chief Transportation Equity and Inclusion Officer. Since 2011, Ms. Bailey-Thomas served as an Assistant General Counsel and DDOT’s Labor Liaison. In this role, Ms. Bailey-Thomas improved the agency’s relations with various labor unions and skillfully negotiated several agency-wide policy initiatives.Ms. Bailey-Thomas began working for the District of Columbia Government in 2008 for the Office of Attorney General where she litigated child neglect and abuse cases on behalf of the Child and Family Services Agency. She then transferred to the Public Safety Division, where she litigated criminal and juvenile delinquency matters. Prior to joining the Government of the District of Columbia in 2008, Ms. Bailey-Thomas worked for the Ingham County Government in Lansing, Michigan. Ms. Bailey-Thomas served as an Ingham County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney from 2004 – 2008. She then became the first female African-American Attorney Referee/Magistrate appointed to the Ingham County Circuit Court – Family Court Division, where she presided over hundreds of adoption, neglect & abuse matters, and juvenile delinquency cases. Ms. Bailey-Thomas is originally from Seattle, Washington. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington and her Juris Doctorate degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Ms. Bailey-Thomas is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the National Council of Negro Women, and the Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.
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