Paul Wiedefeld, who most recently ran BWI Airport and the Maryland Transit Administration before that, will be WMATA’s next General Manager, the agency announced in a press release. Wiedefeld will be formally appointed on November 19. What do you think of the pick?

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.