Maya Rao, PE, BCEE, serves as the Managing Consultant in Trinity’s Jackson, MS office, assisting Mississippi companies with their environmental permitting and compliance challenges. Prior to joining Trinity, Maya worked at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for 25 years, first as a permit engineer in the Air Division, then as a supervisor for multi-media permitting in the Energy Branch, and finally as Director of the Air Division from 2006 until 2014. Previously, she worked as adjunct faculty at Tulane University and LSU.

Maya has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Ravi Shankar University in India and an MBA from the University of Kentucky. She is a licensed professional engineer in Mississippi and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. She is also a Certified Public Manager in the State of Mississippi and has served on the Board of A&WMA as Chair for the MS Chapter and is currently on the A&WMA Southern Section Board.

She has also served on the Board of Mississippi Energy Coordinator Association. She was Chair of the Administration Committee of the Association of the Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA), Director of Southern States Air Resource Managers, Inc. (SESARM) and is currently on the Membership Development & Outreach Committee for the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.