The Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network

Organization: 
US Environmental Protection Agency
Job Title: 
Policy Advisor

Jon Monger currently serves as a policy advisor in the Transportation and Climate Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Transportation and Air Quality, where he focuses on regulatory and policy issues for renewable fuels. He previously served as White House Liaison to the Environmental Protection Agency under Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe.

Prior to joining the EPA, he served as Counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and as a consultant on disaster response policy at Booz Allen Hamilton. During law school, Jon interned at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where he focused on urban affairs, and clerked at the U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources. He received a J.D. and graduated magna cum laude from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.