Joe Jarrin was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget at the U.S. Department of Transportation in June 2022, after serving as the Senior Advisor for Management and Budget since December 2021. In this role, Joe works to ensure sound budget development, execution, and financial management for the Department’s $144 billion annual budget, and the delivery of the $660 billion program authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In addition, Joe oversees the performance management of over 125 goals for safety, equity, climate resiliency, economic growth, innovation, and organizational excellence of the department.
Prior to joining USDOT, Joe previously worked for 25 years in New York City (NYC) government. Between 2016 and 2021, he served as the Executive Deputy Commissioner for the NYC Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), where he was responsible for the agency’s $1 billion annual operating budget and $17 billion ten-year capital program, and oversaw the agency’s administrative functions, including contracting, human resources, facilities management, information technology, and performance management. Before that he served as the chief financial officer for NYCDOT between 2007 and 2016. Prior to that he served in the NYC Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget for over ten years.
During his career in NYC, among the major programs Joe was involved in, he directed the multifaceted budgets for major bridge reconstruction projects, Vision Zero street safety improvements, Staten Island Ferry replacement, Superstorm Sandy repairs, and the COVID-19 Pandemic shutdown and subsequent recovery.
He holds a Master’s in Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Joe is a native New Yorker who grew up in Southern California, and his family immigrated from Guayaquil, Ecuador, in the 1960s.