Provides consulting services on railroad regulatory and government affairs matters after more than three decades of public service in the legislative and executive branches of government. Served as an independent peer reviewer for a Congressionally mandated report issued in 2024 by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (the STB ), an independent federal agency charged with the economic regulation of various modes of surface transportation, primarily freight rail, from 2011 through 2021, including in leadership roles as the STB s Chairman and Acting Chairman, from 2017 to 2021, and as Vice Chairman. Her tenure was marked by her commitment to working with her Board member colleagues and Board staff to improve the agency s accountability, transparency and timeliness. Served in various positions in the U.S. Senate from 1992 to 2011, including as Republican Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee s Deputy Staff Director and Transportation Policy Advisor, and as Legislative Director and Acting Chief of Staff for Senator John McCain. During her tenure in transportation-specific roles in the U.S. Senate, Ms. Begeman was instrumental in the creation of the STB under the ICC Termination Act, later serving two terms as a member of the STB after Presidential Appointment and Senate confirmation in 2011 and 2016. She was a 2020 Railway Age Women in Rail award recipient in recognition of her work at the STB. Ms. Begeman has also worked in the private sector, serving as a senior benefits specialist in Human Resources for First American Bankshares, Inc.