FTA Region 10 Regional Administrator

Susan Fletcher brings a wealth of experience and dedication to her position as Regional Administrator for FTA’s Region 10 Office in Seattle. During her years at the U.S. Department of Transportation and at the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferry Division, Ms. Fletcher has built a reputation as an effective manager of people, projects and resources.

In this role, Ms. Fletcher provides executive direction to nearly 30 multidisciplinary staff in the development and delivery of the FTA’s capital, operating, and planning programs and initiatives supporting complex and multimodal transit systems throughout the states of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon and to Tribal Governments within the region. Across these four states, Ms. Fletcher and the Region 10 team work directly with 46 transit agencies and 66 Tribal Governments and Alaska Native Villages. Ms. Fletcher and her team lead complex environmental reviews, award billions of dollars in grants every year, perform numerous project management and financial management functions, and oversee some of the nation’s largest capital infrastructure projects.

Ms. Fletcher joined FTA in 2009, first as a regional engineer leading extensive capital project management and oversight efforts, then serving as the Director of the Office of Operations and Program Management. Most recently, she served as the Deputy Regional Administrator and acted as the Regional Administrator for nine months.

Prior to joining the federal service, Ms. Fletcher worked as a marine engineer in the Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Ms. Fletcher has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Seattle University in Seattle, WA and is a registered professional engineer.