About the CFO

Overview

The CFO's office is led by a strong team of experienced managers who work to provide sound budget development, disciplined performance review, rigorous financial management, and responsible credit administration for the Department. The office is headed by the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs who serves as principal fiscal advisor to the Secretary. 

Below are the professional bios for the CFO, Deputy Assistant Secretaries and the Deputy CFO. To read professional bios for the other members of the office's senior management team, visit the CFO Senior Management webpage.

• Corey B. Sellers - Acting Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget
• Vacant - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
• Jennifer S. Funk - Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Corey B. Sellers, Acting Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget

Corey Sellers serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget. He previously spent nearly a decade on Capitol Hill in both the House and the Senate, most recently as a Policy Advisor to US Senator Steve Daines (MT). In that role, Corey served as the lead advisor on a variety of issues including budget, banking and financial services, homeland security, and transportation. He was also the Senator’s lead advisor during his time as a member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations subcommittee. Prior to that he served in a number of roles in the office of Representative John Fleming, MD of Louisiana.

Corey is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering.

Vacant, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

Jennifer S. Funk, Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer Funk (Jen) is the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, where she is the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and DOT senior leaders on issues involving the amended CFO Act of 1990 and related financial management reforms. As the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, she oversees the Annual Financial Statement Audit and DOT’s Internal Control Program, and provides strategic direction to DOT’s shared service organization, the Enterprise Services Center, which provides services to over 35 federal agencies.  She is a responsible steward of the financial resources entrusted to DOT by conducting rigorous and continual oversight of the Department's financial management activities.

Since joining DOT in 2005, Jen has led many high-priority, complex programs and initiatives including Federal Spending Transparency, the Department-wide Internal Control Program and the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act. She provides executive leadership on numerous government-wide boards and councils including the Chief Financial Officers Council, the Grants Quality Shared Management Office, and the Shared Services Governance Board.  

Jen began her federal government career at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and has held progressively responsible roles within the CFO’s office. In these positions, she provided leadership in financial accounting, audit, accountability, and reporting matters including the depreciation and capitalization valuation of assets and software.  She holds a bachelor’s degree from Saint Leo University with a concentration in Accounting and currently resides in Ellicott City, Maryland with her family.