Karina Ricks, head of DDOT’s Policy and Planning department, is leaving DDOT, David Schultz is reporting. Leah Treat, head of finance, will also leave to work for Gabe Klein in Chicago.

Ricks has been a strong advocate for many progressive policies at DDOT. She leaves behind many capable people in her department, but her departure will be a loss for the organization. Schultz reported that she “expressed dissatisfaction with the direction” of not yet having a permanent director for the agency. Update: Schultz clarified that Ricks was talking about the long delay in appointing a permanent director, not about any negativity toward interim director Terry Bellamy, and Ricks says she is leaving to spend more time with her family.

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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.