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Megan Milam is the Head of Government Relations for Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. As Head of Government Relations, Megan is responsible for Anduril’s advocacy strategy and engagement with policy makers, leading the policy discussion around the use of emerging technologies by the United States government.

She most recently she served as the Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning at Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), where she oversaw strategic planning and policy on crosscutting issues that arose across the nuclear security enterprise. Prior to that, she was the Deputy Comptroller of Budget and Appropriations Affairs (BAA) at the Department of Defense in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

In this role, she served as the senior advisor to the Secretary of Defense on matters related to Congress and Appropriations and as the lead interface between Department of Defense (DoD) senior leadership and the Congressional Appropriations Committees Members and staff.

Previously, Megan was a professional staff member for the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense where she oversaw funding and policies related to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. She also worked for Congressman Mike Simpson (ID-02) as his Appropriations Associate overseeing all funding and policy matters related to the Appropriations Committee.

Megan received her Masters of Science degree in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University.