
Timothy D. Hugo comes to the Livingston Group extensive experience with federal and state government.
As a past honoree of Washington Business Forward’s Top 40 “rising stars,” Mr. Hugo was recently appointed the Executive Director of the Free File Alliance (FFA), a public-private partnership between a coalition of tax preparation companies and the IRS that works to provide free filing for federal income tax return to low and moderate income citizens..
Prior to joining the FFA, Mr. Hugo served as the President of CapNet – a technology association dedicated to educating and electing public officials who recognized the concerns of the technology community. He has also served as the Chief of Staff to Congressman Bud Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Mr. Hugo worked closely with Chairman Shuster on groundbreaking national transportation legislation (“TEA-21’’). He was the first legislative director to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), with responsibilities for tax, welfare reform and other issues before the Committee on Ways and Means. As a congressional staffer, he has also worked for the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. During the Administration of President George H. W. Bush, he was the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs.
In 2002, Mr. Hugo was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates with almost 70% of the vote from his district in the fast-growing Centreville area of Northern Virginia. Currently, he serves the Virginia legislature as a member of the Commerce and Labor, Transportation, Finance, and Science and Technology committees.
Mr. Hugo earned his bachelor of arts degree from the College of William and Mary and received a Kodak Fellowship for the Senior Managers in Government Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.