Mohsin Syed

Senior Advisor

Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Transportation

Mohsin most recently served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation. He previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs at the Department, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate by voice-vote. Prior to his confirmation, Mohsin served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs.

Before his political appointee service at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Mohsin served for over six years as a staffer on Capitol Hill, including as the Majority Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Minority Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Legislative Counsel for Senator Bill Nelson.

Prior to his work on Capitol Hill, Mohsin served as a career Attorney-Advisor within the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the General Counsel, which included a six-month detail to the Office of Senator Brian Schatz, as well as an attorney in private practice. Before attending law school, Mohsin served as a counterterrorism intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combatting Terrorism.

Mohsin received his BA from the University of Virginia and JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and is also a graduate of the Sorensen Political Leaders Program.