Ann Shikany is an infrastructure-investment expert and advocate, having spent her career working to enhance transportation and clean energy investments at federal, state, and local levels. At NRDC, she advocates for low-carbon transportation solutions at the federal and state levels and serves as a member of the ACCC transportation team—developing peer-to-peer learning opportunities and driving critical transportation interventions across the 25 city challenge winners. Previously she has served in the Portland (Oregon) Bureau of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE). Her policy background includes infrastructure finance, congestion pricing, autonomous vehicle policy and regulation, and gender equity issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kenyon College and a Master of Arts in International Relations with concentrations in International Finance, Economics and Energy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is based in Washington, D.C.