Director
Matt Rinn was elected to the BART Board on November 5, 2024. Rinn represents District 1, which is in Contra Costa County and includes the cities of Concord, Lafayette, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, and Walnut Creek. The District extends southeast from the BART line to include the city of San Ramon and the unincorporated community of Blackhawk.
District 1 BART stations includes: Concord (shared with District 2), Lafayette, Orinda, Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre, and Walnut Creek.
Before his election to the BART Board, Rinn was first elected to the Pleasant Hill City Council in 2016. He served as the Mayor of Pleasant Hill in 2020 and again in 2024. Rinn’s first experience in regional governance was when he was appointed to the Contra Costa Community College District Governing Board in 2013. He also served as a Pleasant Hill Education Commissioner.
Professionally, in 2008, he opened his insurance agency in Pleasant Hill. Rinn became an Ambassador with the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce where he worked his way up to Board member and ultimately Chairman of the Board. In 2011, Rinn won Pleasant Hill’s Businessperson of the Year award.
Rinn continues to be involved in community organizations, including the YMCA Advisory Board, Pleasant Hill Rotary, and being a youth mentor at the local high school (Interact Club). In 2014, he served as the Pleasant Hill Rotary Club President. Rinn was awarded Pleasant Hill’s Citizen of the Year in 2015.
Rinn lives with his wife and two daughters in Pleasant Hill and enjoyed his many years as a youth soccer coach and referee.