]In the latest addition to his staff, Mayor-elect Michael Nutter this afternoon named Stephen J. Agostini, a 47-year-old municipal finance expert, to be his budget director.
A native of Queens, N.Y., Agostini currently works as the chief financial officer and director of administration for the economics and statistics bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
His municipal finance experience comes from a variety of positions he has held in Milwaukee and San Francisco.
As budget director, he will report to city Finance Director Rob Dubow.
Although Agostini won’t be a member of Nutter’s cabinet, Nutter said today that he hoped to announce his remaining Cabinet-level positions — city solicitor and city representative — before his Jan. 7 inauguration.
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