Brittany N. Montgomery is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank. Her research examines state capacity and anti-corruption measures, specifically how oversight practices and civil service rules shape what government agencies are able to deliver.

Before joining the Manhattan Institute, Montgomery served on the New York City Transit executive leadership team and directed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 1,200-person revenue protection program. She also led an initiative to modernize how the agency buys software and introduced machine-learning tools to anticipate service disruptions and staffing gaps. Montgomery advised the secretary of Mobility in Bogotá, Colombia, on innovative mobility solutions. She has worked in 15 cities across nine countries, leading engagements at Boston Consulting Group and at Logit Engenharia, a Brazilian consultancy.

Montgomery was a 2025–26 public scholar fellow at the City College of New York’s Moynihan Center and is a Coro Leadership New York alumna. She co-authored Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business (Penguin Random House, 2022). Her research and commentary have appeared in World Bank publications, Streetsblog, and the Transportation Research Record. She holds a Ph.D. in political economy of development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a concentration in infrastructure governance and finance; an M.S. and M.C.P. in city planning and transportation engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; and a B.S. in civil engineering from MIT.