The D.C. deputy mayor for planning and economic development, Brian Kenner is leaving at the end of the month to take a job with Amazon.
Brian, who has been with DC Government for four-and-a-half year will be joining the DC Amazon policy group, focusing on regional economic development issues in the Washington region.
For four and a half years, Brian has been an invaluable leader at DC Government. In 2015, I tasked Brian with increasing our stock of affordable housing, creating DC jobs for DC residents, and increasing tax revenues. To the benefit of the District and our residents, he delivered. From Walter Reed to St. Elizabeths to the Franklin School to Skyland to The Wharf, Brian was able to move forward big projects across all eight wards. Together, we have produced and preserved thousands of affordable housing units across all eight wards, driven down unemployment, and developed DC into the capital of inclusive innovation. Brian is an incredible public servant, leader, and coach, and we wish him the best.
– Mayor Bowser
