Clarence Dickerson, III, also known as Trey, is an experienced transportation professional who joined Howard County Department of Public Works in 2023 as the Deputy Director. Trey has close to 20 years of transportation industry experience and has served in previous roles as Director of Traffic Engineering in the private sector. Prior to joining the private sector in 2021, Trey served just over 15 years in a number of leadership roles at the District Department of Transportation in Washington D.C., with his last role serving as Deputy Associate Director of Traffic Engineering and Safety Division. While there he has managed and led several large scale projects and programs in the area of project development, environment, preliminary design and engineering, constructability review, right of way, utility coordination, and project planning for multi-modal major projects.
Trey is a licensed professional engineer with a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Rafiu O. Ighile is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Maryland with an MBA and more than 30 years of accounting experience in government, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Mr. Ighile is the Director of Finance for Howard County Government Maryland. Prior to that he was the Director of Finance and Administration for the City of Gaithersburg, where here oversaw the Finance, Budget and Procurement functions. Before joining the City of Gaithersburg, Rafiu worked for Howard Public School System (HCPSS) as their Chief Financial Officer. While working as CFO for the Howard County Public School System, managed Finance, Budget, Benefits, and Technology functions. He previously served as the Deputy Director of Finance for Howard County Government where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department. Rafiu served on the Executive Board of Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and a current member of the Maryland GFOA Board of Directors. He is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Maryland Association of CPAs. Rafiu and his spouse Eki have six daughters.
