Ann Linnertz of Arlington, VA, FTA associate administrator for administration since 2006, died Jan. 26 following a long fight against lung cancer.

Linnertz joined DOT in 1980 as a Presidential Management Intern at the Federal Highway Administration. In the early 1980s she served as an assistant to the administrator at FTA's predecessor agency, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, and later in managerial roles in the office of the DOT secretary. She became FTA deputy associate administrator for administration in 2006 and was promoted to associate administrator the following year.

In addition to her extensive DOT experience, Linnertz served in senior roles at Amtrak, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

She had a bachelor’s degree in teaching from the State University of New York at Cortland and a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.