Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith is a Technology Manager in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Transportation Technologies Office (TTO). As the Clean Cities and Communities lead for the DOE headquarters team, she provides strategic direction for the federal partnership with a team of leaders across DOE and its national laboratories. She manages a portfolio of federally funded projects that advance clean transportation solutions through outreach, engagement, technical assistance, and deployment.
Before joining DOE in 2020, she provided programmatic and technical support to the TTO Technology Integration (TI) team as a contractor for over 10 years. Margaret supported various TI activities, such as organizing Clean Cities and Communities trainings and peer sharing discussions, developing resources for Clean Cities and Communities coalitions, and assisting with program management responsibilities. Additionally, Margaret worked with coalitions on developing and implementing projects addressing barriers to electric vehicle deployment.
Prior to working with TTO, Margaret worked for Sustainable Energy Strategies, Inc. In this role she supported biodiesel and ethanol projects that improve infrastructure, develop feedstocks, educate stakeholders, and promote the use of biodiesel. She has two years of experience with the design, manufacturing, and sales of underground stormwater treatment systems that remove pollution from stormwater runoff. After graduating from college, Margaret served in a year-long service program affiliated with AmeriCorps where she worked in low-income Buffalo communities. Margaret holds a B.S. in computer engineering with a concentration in cognitive science from the University of Virginia.