Keith Kerman is a Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and NYC’s first Chief Fleet Officer, serving 50 agencies including NYPD, FDNY and DSNY.  NYC operates the nation’s largest municipal fleet with over 28,000 fleet units, nearly $1 billion in annual expenditure, and 1,800 staff.  NYC Fleet is a national leader in EV adoption, charging, telematics, biofuels, Vision Zero, shared services, and more.   

Keith is a permanent civil servant in his 29^th year including 17 with NYC Parks working from Central Park as Assistant Commissioner of Citywide Operations. Keith has now served in senior roles under four NYC Mayors. 

In 2019 Keith received the Sloan Public Service Award, referred to as the Nobel Prize of NY public service. In 2021, Keith received a national Climate Leadership Award from the Climate Registry, C2ES, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. In 2022, Keith received a Legendary Lifetime Achievement Award by a vote of his peers and awarded by Government Fleet Magazine.  In Spring 2023 the New York City fleet was named as the leading public fleet regarding electrification and alternative fuels.  Keith was also recently interviewed by CBS News on the city’s implementation of all electric patrol vehicles at the New York City Police Department.

Keith is from Massachusetts and Harvard College, where he met his wife Denise, an attorney who works for Bloomberg LP. They have two children, Todd and Keith, and are dual residents of Pelham and Manhattan.