Gene Conti

{{short description|American government official}}

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Eugene A. "Gene" Conti, Jr. (born December 23, 1946) is an American government official.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,{{Cite web |date=2009-01-17 |title=U.S. Senate Confirms Eugene A. Conti, Jr. as Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy (10/23/98) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117220243/http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/dot19498.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=U.S. Department of Transportation}} Conti served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation from 1995 until 1998, when he became U.S. Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the United States Department of Transportation.

Fom 2001 through 2003, he served as deputy secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.[http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990105042 Asheville Citizen-Times]

In 2009, Conti was appointed NCDOT secretary by Governor-elect Beverly Perdue. He served until January 2013, when he was succeeded by Tony Tata.[http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1355217.html News & Observer: Gene Conti to head state DOT]