Andrew McLean works in Transportation Finance Policy at CDM Smith, providing a variety of financial, policy, and transportation advisory services to public transportation agencies and private clients. He specializes in helping clients plan, strategize, and develop new and innovative transportation funding mechanisms, including distance-based road charging.

Prior to joining CDM Smith, Andrew served for eight years as a legislator in the Maine House of Representatives, during which he was Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation for six years. There, he gained a national reputation as a leading transportation policy expert, working to build bipartisan support for revenue-generating initiatives for transportation projects and new and innovative ways to reform states’ transportation funding models. He also served as Chair of the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and as Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Public Policy Committee of the Council of State Governments (CSG). In these national leadership positions, he worked with some of the nation’s top lawmakers and industry stakeholders to develop creative funding mechanisms and new technologies to help build a modern and sustainable transportation system.

Andrew lives in Portland, Maine, is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, and is an attorney and former law clerk for the Maine Superior Court.