Liya Rechtman (she/her) is the Senior Transportation Policy Lead for Evergreen Action. Previously, she advised on policy for the US Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary in the Biden-Harris Administration. She served as lead author for the Climate Strategies that Work and lead on implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law travel demand modeling requirements. She received a Secretary’s Gold Medal for her role in this work. Liya has also served as a climate policy advisor for the California State Transportation Agency and a senior legislative specialist for the California Department of Transportation. She was a John F. Kennedy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Divinity School. She graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College.

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