Dan Mathews, Biography

After 25 years of federal service in Congress and the executive branch, Dan Mathews founded a strategic consulting and business development firm in 2021 to help companies navigate the complex world of federal real estate, win government contracts, expand their revenue, identify new partners, and enter new markets. Major federal projects and leases require approval from a variety of decision-makers within the General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress. Mathews Associates LLC helps guide its clients through this process and shape the decisions for their benefit. Mathews served as the Head of Federal Sales at WeWork where he led a team of professionals dedicated to bringing the quality and cost savings of flexible workspace solutions to the federal marketplace. He helped secure WeWork a spot on the federal government’s Flexible Coworking Services contract and several other agency acquisitions. As Commissioner of the US General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service (PBS), he managed the nationwide asset management, design, construction, leasing, building management, and disposal of approximately 371 million square feet of government-owned and leased space across the United States. He led a team of 5,500 employees, over 30,000 contractors, and a budget of $12 billion. In 2017, Mathews launched an aggressive strategy to lower the cost and improve the quality of real estate housing federal agencies through consolidations and strategic investments. During Mathews’s tenure, PBS disposed of 420 government-owned properties with proceeds totaling over $293 million. Prior to joining GSA, Mathews served as the staff director of the US House Transportation and

Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. He helped authorize billions of dollars in federal real estate leases, construction projects, and real estate policies for federal buildings and courthouses, the General
Services Administration, the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, and numerous other federal facilities. He also played a key role in drafting every emergency management and most homeland security legislation from 2001 until 2017. Prior to serving on
the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mathews worked for the House Rules Committee, several California Members of Congress and the Texas Department of Health. Mathews holds a bachelor’s degree in government and philosophy from Georgetown University.

Capability Statement Introduction and Company Profile

After 25 years of federal service in Congress and the executive branch, Dan Mathews founded a strategic consulting and business development firm in 2021 to help companies navigate the complex world of federal real estate, win government contracts, expand their revenue, identify
new partners, and enter new markets. Mathews Associates LLC helps guide its clients through this process and shape the decisions for their benefit.

Core Competencies
● Deep understanding and experience with all aspects of the federal real estate decision-making processes from portfolio planning, project formulation, OMB approval, congressional authorization and appropriation, lease procurement, and execution.

● Extensive relationships with key stakeholders, decision-makers, program and leasing
staff at GSA, tenant agencies, OMB, and Congress.

● Strategic advice, plan formulation, and execution to align the key decision makers of
major leases and construction projects on a course of action that benefits clients.

Biography
● Industry Advisory Group Member, US State Department Overseas Buildings Operations
● Board Member - Federal Real Property Association
● Head of Federal Sales - WeWork
● Commissioner of the US Public Buildings Service
● Staff Director of the House Public Buildings Subcommittee Major Client List
● Office building owners seeking large federal lease renewals
● University seeking to lease specialized facilities to a federal agency
● Government contractor expanding its federal business to include real estate services
● Private real estate services and construction companies entering the federal market Products and Services
● Federal real estate and procurement advisory services
● Government relations
● Federal business development and sales