Megan Rae Rosia was appointed to serve as FAA Assistant Administrator for Government and Industry Affairs, effective October 30, 2006.
Reporting directly to the FAA Administrator, Rosia heads an office responsible for coordinating all contacts with the United States Congress and major industry groups and associations for FAA nationwide.
She brings to FAA a strong background in federal regulatory and international governmental affairs, most recently as a private consultant providing legal and legislative advice on transportation policy and regulatory matters.
From 1994-2006, Rosia was Director and then Managing Director of Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel for Northwest Airlines. Her responsibilities included analyzing and developing policies and positions on such major aviation legislative initiatives as the last two FAA reauthorization bills (Vision 100 and AIR 21), the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, and the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003.
Previously, as an associate with the Washington-based law firm of Crowell & Moring, LLP, Rosia participated as a defense attorney on behalf of corporate clients in civil antitrust litigation, grand jury investigations and proceedings before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. She also represented two major U.S. airlines in government investigations and civil actions relating to industry pricing practices, computer reservations systems and travel agent commissions.
A 1987 graduate of Elon University in North Carolina with a B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Rosia earned a law degree (J.D) in 1990 from the College of William & Marys Marshall-Wythe School of Law. She is a member of the bar in Virginia and the District of Columbia and a member of the Board of Governors for the International Aviation Club in 2005-2007.
Rosia lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and two sons.