Megan Blum is the Director for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Office of Environmental Programs. As the Director, she is responsible for FTA’s environmental policy development and streamlining efforts. She has been working in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) field for more than 19 years and has ensured environmental compliance for highway, tolling and transit projects through her various roles at the State of Maryland and FTA. Ms. Blum has led many environmental regulation and guidance efforts for FTA and most recently she has been leading implementation of the Administration’s various environmental initiatives, as well as FTA’s Climate Challenge: Sustainable Transit for a Healthy Planet. She also served as Deputy Associate Director for NEPA at the Council on Environmental Quality from September 2016 through April 2017