About - Staff Member - Megan Funkhouser
Megan Funkhouser
Megan Funkhouser serves as Vice President of International Economic Policy. She primarily focuses on advancing 91快活林 member priorities in the international tax and economic security space.
Before joining 91快活林, Megan handled trade & investment policy for the Global Business Alliance (GBA), formerly known as the Organization for International Investment (OFII). Megan led GBA's legislative and regulatory advocacy for trade policy, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), export controls, federal procurement, and other issues affecting foreign direct investment in the United States. In that role, she collaborated with GBA member companies to provide input regarding implementation of CFIUS reforms through the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA).
Megan started her career working for Representative Jim Costa (CA-16), where she supported the Representative’s engagement with the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue - an interparliamentary exchange between Members of Congress and Members of European Parliament - and managed a legislative portfolio that included foreign affairs, defense, and financial services. During graduate school, Megan applied her Hill experience to internships with the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, U.S. Commercial Service in Portland, Oregon, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, DC.
Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in International Development with concentrations in Defense & Security Economics and Latin America from Sciences Po in Paris, France.
Blog posts by Megan Funkhouser
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Securing the Future of Digital Trade: Why WTO Members Should Make the Moratorium Permanent
March 24, 2026
As governments gather in Cameroon this week for the World Trade Organization鈥檚 (WTO) 14th Ministerial Conference on March 26-29, they have an opportunity to cement a longstanding and critically important ...
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The Countdown Begins: The Looming Canada DST Deadline
June 5, 2025
This upcoming June 30 marks the deadline for companies to pay Canada鈥檚 digital services tax (DST), a norm-busting tax that threatens the growth and success of U.S. companies and undermines long-standing ...
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Recognizing the Canada DST鈥檚 Threat to North American Competitiveness
June 4, 2024
Three trade ministers representing Canada, Mexico, and the United States recently convened in Phoenix, Arizona for the fourth meeting of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Free Trade Commission ...
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New 鈥淏uy America鈥� Rules Don鈥檛 Work for Technology. U.S. Infrastructure Deserves Better
October 20, 2023
On October 23, the Biden Administration鈥檚 final guidance on applying Build America, Buy America requirements for infrastructure projects that receive federal financial assistance will go into effect. These ...
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Promoting U.S. Competitiveness and Innovation through Tax Policy
April 27, 2021
Sound tax policy helps to drive economic growth, research and development (R&D), and innovation. These factors are essential to ensuring the global competitiveness of companies doing business in the United ...