Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission

Jonathan M. Rogers is the current WMATC member from the District of Columbia. Commissioner Rogers was appointed to WMATC on December 4, 2024, by Mayor Muriel Bowser.

He is the Director of the DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV). With twelve consecutive years of DC Government service, Commissioner Rogers is an expert in transportation and a trusted senior administrator.

Commissioner Rogers previously served at the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure as the Senior Policy Advisor and then Chief of Staff.  He began his DC Government career as a Capital City Fellow in the budget office of Mayor Vincent Gray, and later held policy positions at the District Department of Transportation, and the transition office of Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser. He was the District’s first project manager for Mayor Bowser’s Vision Zero initiative for transportation safety.

Commissioner Rogers is a Certified Public Manager, a lean six-sigma green-belt, and an AmeriCorps alumnus. Prior to his work in District Government, Commissioner Rogers was an associate at the National League of Cities and earned his Master of Public Policy degree from The George Washington University.

Commissioner Rogers is a District of Columbia Ward 2 resident and a DC Public Schools Parent.