D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor

From the Washington Business Journal:

Santos, as chief operating officer under Albert, has been closely involved in decision-making on many of the real estate deals Albert managed, including major city projects such as Poplar Point. Albert began his new job as city administrator on Monday, replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is taking a job in the Obama administration.

"In Ms. Santos, we not only have a steady hand who knows the job, we have someone who is a consummate professional who will bring private-sector talents to get the job done,” Fenty said.
Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle and a manager with Ernst & Young's real estate group. She holds both an MBA and master's of public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.