Megan Ingram Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas

• Project manager and senior planner responsible for building the first-ever Texas regional flood planning program.• Management of complex regional-scale flood planning contracts involving inventory of existing flood infrastructure; analysis of flood hazard, exposure, and vulnerability; and assessment of floodplain management practices.• Collaboration with community leaders, local officials, engineers, and the public. • Lead planner of high-performing staff, special projects, and key strategic planning efforts central to the success of the program, including legislative analysis, rulemaking, work procedure document preparation, program and guidance materials, presentations, contracts, agendas, and reports. • Contract development, management, and monitoring activities for contracts totaling over $20 million statewide. Manages research and planning contracts and subcontracts to ensure products meet the intent of scope of work, rules, and statutory requirements.• Extensive regional and statewide review of technical deliverables via ArcGIS.• Author and reviewer of chapters in Texas’ first State Flood Plan, compiling flood planning information and data from across the state. • Reviews and approves reimbursement requests, requiring understanding of budgets, contract and program requirements, cost analyses, and procurement. • Contract manager for an interagency research project with the University of Texas at Austin to develop a social vulnerability index for flood in Texas, including contract negotiations and creation and tracking of scope, budget, schedule, and deliverables.• Contract manager for Houston-area flood infrastructure studies.• Familiarity with NFIP and CRS

Austin, Texas

• State representative for over 30 governmental and private nonprofit entities in the Texas Department of Emergency Management’s (TDEM) District 15 who are using recovery and mitigation funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). • These funds are administered through FEMA's Public Assistance Program for recovery and mitigation related to federally declared disasters, including Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Ike, the 2015-2016 Texas storms, and COVID-19.• Responsible for the management of accounts and projects from creation through closeout. • Performed detailed cost analyses and review of reimbursement and advance payment requests. • Ensured compliance with obligated scope of work, procurement guidelines, FEMA and TDEM programmatic requirements, and federal, state, and local policy.• Committed to active involvement and purposeful communication with applicants, internal stakeholders, and both FEMA and TDEM representatives.

• Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, covering both state and federal policy related to water, endangered species, oil and gas, natural resources, and renewable energy. • Coauthor and primary researcher of an extensive white paper providing a comprehensive legislative and judicial history of Texas water policy, and analyses of the State’s surface water and groundwater policy and planning structures.• Involved in the planning of the Foundation's national campaign centered on global environmental improvement and poverty reduction through affordable and reliable energy creation.• Provided testimony to the Texas legislature.• Worked closely with Texas legislators, policymakers, and government and private stakeholders to develop policy and action agendas.• Research and analysis of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Texas Administrative Code, and Texas Water Code.• Presented and moderated panels of experts on various natural resource topics. • Authored research publications and published op-eds.

Austin, Texas

• Researched and created blog posts for Environment Texas’ Clean Water for America campaign. • Primary liaison for organizing presentations and appearances at farmers’ markets throughout Texas. • Responsible for active communication and planning with vendors, management, and farmers across the state. • Attended legislative hearings.

Austin, Texas

• Facilitated a curriculum-based program designed for empowering girls, increasing their self-efficacy, and improving their educational outcomes. • Worked at four public middle schools throughout the southwest Austin area. • Responsible for developing weekly activities and discussions in accordance with curriculum.• Dedicated to active communication and working relationships with program participants, parents, teachers, co-leaders, and management.