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
• Saesha Carlile - 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.

Saesha Carlile, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

Saesha Carlile serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, where she has responsibility for the Department’s budget formulation and execution, agency-wide performance, evaluation, and risk management, including the development of the Department’s annual budget request and performance and evaluation plans. 

Prior to joining the Department, Saesha was the Chief Administrative Officer at the District Department of Transportation. During her time there, she positioned the Department to successfully execute on significant growth in its infrastructure portfolio. She also served as interim Chief of Staff to the Director. Prior to that, Saesha served as the Deputy Budget Director within the Executive Office of the Mayor of DC, where she led the capital and operating budget teams, spearheading the development of the Mayor’s $15.5 billion annual budget process across 100+ District agencies.  Saesha also spent nearly 9 years at the Treasury Department, serving as the Director of the Office of Financial Management under the Assistant Secretary for Management. Saesha was also selected as the first Director of Shared Services for the Treasury Department, where she was responsible for the corporate oversight of the Treasury Franchise Fund and Treasury Working Capital Fund. Prior to that, she spent several years in senior analyst roles, most notably as the Department’s analyst for the Internal Revenue Service.

Additionally, Saesha has served in State and Regional agencies prior to her federal experience. Saesha has a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies, graduating summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Rutgers University. She currently lives in the District of Columbia.

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.