Fontenot’s roles at DOT include assistant secretary for administration, chief human capital officer and senior sustainability officer.
He joined that agency in 2009 as deputy assistant secretary of management and budget after serving on the Senate Budget Committee’s staff for three years.
Between 2001 and 2006, he worked as a Government Accountability Office analyst and helped the agency with budgeting, disaster assistance and housing matters.
He holds a master of public administration degree from the University of North Carolina and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston.