Christian Schonlau is chief financial officer (CFO) for the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County, the public body responsible for the transportation needs throughout Reno, Sparks and Washoe County, Nevada. He has more than 10 years of experience in government finance and has a diverse background in local funding, grants, accounting, budgeting, and regulatory operations. Christian has served as CFO for several government agencies and also spent some time in the governor’s finance office. Christian oversees the accounting, budgeting, auditing, federal grant compliance, risk management, procurement, and financial planning functions of the RTC.