Lynda Tran

Lynda Tran serves as director of public engagement and senior advisor to the secretary. A longtime organizer and communicator with over two decades experience in policy, advocacy, and campaigns, Lynda returns to DOT after co-founding 270 Strategies, where she developed public engagement strategies for clients across the globe – including the Environmental Defense Fund, Oxfam America, United Way Worldwide, FAMM, the Black Economic Alliance and the Economic Security Project. Recently, she was a senior strategist for Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and served on the Board of Advisors for Higher Ground Labs and Battleground Texas. A CBS News political contributor through the 2020 cycle, she previously led teams for Organizing for America, then-Governor Tim Kaine and SEIU.

 

Session

Plenary Session I