Brent Efron

Brent Efron

Senior Manager for Permitting Innovation, Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Brent Efron, based in Washington, D.C., has worked across local, state, and federal government, nonprofits, political campaigns, and the private sector—all driven by a single mission: making government work better for people and the planet.

At the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), he leads efforts to modernize state and federal infrastructure permitting policy, developing solutions for better, faster, and fairer government decision-making. Previously, he served as a Special Advisor for Implementation at the U.S. EPA, helping the Biden Administration deploy $100 billion in Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding. Brent holds an M.P.A. from Princeton University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.