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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

CCS Project Development & Government Affairs. Developing large-scale CCS projects throughout the US. Working to expand carbon storage opportunities and ensure favorable market frameworks at the state and federal levels. Primary focus: Class VI permitting, land acquisition, project permitting, state-level CCS policy frameworks and the US Department of Energy.

Sacramento, California, United States

Led California’s solar energy trade association comprised of 200+ manufacturers, contractors, distributors, financiers and utilities.Supervised staff, lobbyists and consultants. Provided legislative and regulatory services before state government, the California Public Utilities Commission and local governments on behalf of the California solar industry.

Washington Dc And Sacramento, Ca

Directed and managed federal, state and local government affairs for First Solar. All efforts were to expand identified solar markets through public policy and political engagement to ensure the construction of 2.7 GW of signed contracts with utility customers - including the first ever 500+ MW solar farms.Priorities included renewable energy mandates, project permitting, project PPA approvals, renewable energy credits and transmission policy.Provided project-specific political and regulatory support and led First Solar’s project permitting reform efforts at the federal and state levels. Testified in support/opposition to legislation, drafted bill language and created policy position papers.Managed lobbyists and regulatory consultants.Served as First Solar’s point person on various trade associations and working groups.Significant accomplishments:--Key stakeholder and industry advocate in the multi-year process that enacted California’s 33% Renewable Portfolio Standard. --Ensured that First Solar’s projects were on the federal and state priority permitting lists and that agencies were responsive to our project permitting needs and timelines. --Secured several state and regulatory improvements of importance to the company in order to better permit solar projects on private and public lands. --Part of the team that applied for, lobbied for, and secured over $2 billion of federal loan guarantees.

Sacramento, Ca And Hayward, Ca

Managed all aspects of OptiSolar’s governmental affairs at the local, state and federal levels until their acquisition by First Solar.Priorities and accomplishments:--Successfully lobbied Congress for the extension of the 30% solar investment tax credit and a manufacturing investment tax credit as part of the federal stimulus legislation: OptiSolar’s policy priorities at the federal level.--Secured regulatory and legislative improvements to large-scale renewable project siting, permitting and development at all levels of government. --Governor Schwarzenegger announced a renewable energy Executive Order and formal support for a 33% RPS at a major press event at OptiSolar’s Sacramento manufacturing facility.

Sacramento, Ca And San Francisco, Ca

Represented the California Public Utilities Commission in the Sacramento political arena on a wide array of energy, telecommunications and public relations issues. Served as the key point of legislative and political contact on energy-related issues; specifically solar, distributed generation and renewable energy.Routinely testified before various legislative policy and fiscal committees on bills of importance to the Commission.Supported the implementation of the California Solar Initiative.

Sacramento, California, United States

Wrote and staffed numerous Senate Bills for Senator Murray, including SB 1 - The California Solar Initiative (2006). Worked with the Schwarzenegger Administration, legislative committees, legislative staff, advocates and numerous solar stakeholders to pass and enact $3.2 billion worth of incentives for the installation of 3,000 megawatts of solar energy in California.Conducted hundreds of meetings with lobbyists, staff, constituents, executives and elected officials.Staffed the Senator on several policy and fiscal committees.Additional accomplishments:--SB 1436 – The Consumer Protection against Computer Spy ware Act (2004). Wrote and guided California’s first anti-spyware statute through the legislative process. Worked with advocates, executives and general counsels from our nation’s leading technology companies, such as Apple, Google and Microsoft, to get this contentious bill passed and signed into law.--SB 355 – Anti-Phishing Act of 2005. Wrote and staffed this first in the nation law that recognized and criminalized “phishing” - a modern form of identity theft whereby criminals set up fraudulent web sites to induce consumers into divulging their personal and financial information.

Sacramento, California, United States

Wrote and staffed numerous Assembly Bills, including two of the most contentious and lobbied bills of the 2001-2002 Legislative Session.Staffed all Assembly Floor Sessions the Majority Leader, including preparing detailed analyses and talking points.Conducted hundreds of meetings with lobbyists, constituents and interest groups.