Resident, Ward 3
Leif is a transportation, real estate, and operations management professional. He is the Executive Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Market Leader for Redgate Real Estate Advisors, an investment and advisory firm serving institutional, investor and corporate clients and partners.
Prior to Redgate, Leif ran the infrastructure asset management business unit for a major US engineering firm. His background includes executive leadership positions with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), and Baltimore Department of Transportation. He has served on the boards of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and Maryland Economic Development Corporation. From 2018 until 2020, he served on the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) Board of Trustees, where he provided oversight for the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library renovation project.
Leif and his family enjoy visiting the Cleveland Park, Georgetown, and West End Libraries. They also explore many DC playgrounds and parks, where among other things they examine and discuss butterflies, moths, bees, and bugs. His sons are both native Washingtonians and eager enrollees in DCPL’s Books from Birth program.
Early in his career, Leif interned for United States Senator Bill Bradley. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Rappaport Fellow, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Wesleyan University. He is a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, where when not playing hockey and lacrosse, he would have been found in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library.