Daniel R. Robicheaux, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead creation of MISO Futures, 20-year outlooks on potential grid capacity and energy mix. Develop assumptions, coordinate stakeholder feedback and lead model builds/runs. Guide and mentor four junior teammates in team processes and tasks, industry and policy research, translation of data into model inputs, and building and execution of capacity expansion models. Lead day-to-day team activities and delegate tasks and assignments while providing senior advisory support to team manager. • Futures Workstream Lead for LRTP Tranche 2. Lead development of capacity expansion models, capturing data for: the generation fleet (5,000+ units, 200+ parameters), member utility plans, public policy, and financial and technological factors. Lead modeling to produce Futures resource expansions meeting requirements for planning reserve margin, decarbonization, and renewable energy for MISO and three external regions.• Owner of Decarbonization benefit metric for the LRTP Business Case; $3.5 billion to $17.4 billion in Tranche 1. Lead reference case capacity expansion modeling and provide supporting data, analysis, and content development for other Business Case benefit metrics. Present the Decarbonization metric for discussions at stakeholder workshops and author Decarbonization sections in reports.

Austin, Texas Area

• For the Budget and Planning Division, Federal Funds Section, enabled federal-state law compliance and implementation of environmental programs. Provided project management and technical support on 12 federal grants for air quality, water quality, critical infrastructure, and biodefense, representing over $60 million in public funds. Developed and implemented processes, training, and policies for federal grants.• Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess and improve program performance, using research, tools, and systems: Excel; SharePoint; BusinessObjects Enterprise; and grants module, budget creation, and budget accounting management systems. Presented data, analysis, and solutions to stakeholders. • Managed grant and agency budget project implementation and workflow by coordinating tasks and activities with program staff and management, and setting priorities and schedules. Provided technical assistance and customer service; reviewed and developed federal forms and reports, applications, work plans, and budgets. • Lead grant project development and represented the agency to federal stakeholders including EPA, DHS, and DHS-FEMA. Analyzed and interpreted federal, state, and agency rules, regulations, and policies. Managed grant activities, maintained records and documents, and completed special assignments to ensure regulatory compliance. • Developed and submitted grant applications, amendments, and program/financial reports in federal systems: FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS), Grants.gov, GrantSolutions.gov, and FEMA’s Non-Disaster (ND) Grants.

Austin, Texas

• Provided planning and research support for the Air Quality Division. To meet Federal Clean Air Act requirements for the State of Texas, served as lead State Implementation Plan (SIP) project manager for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) reasonable further progress (RFP) 2008 Ozone SIP revision, and for the areas of San Antonio, Austin-Round Rock, and Northeast Texas.• Participated in critical, complex planning and completion activities for SIPs: for the HGB RFP SIP, developed materials and plans in concert with peers to ensure consistency with the concurrent attainment demonstration SIP project. Created the SIP narrative template and coordinated its composition with technical staff; managed the project in the agency database. Managed project planning: tasks, timeline, and assignments; researched and discussed technical issues/impacts with staff; conducted/participated in technical meetings involving stakeholder groups.• Coordinated the gathering and organization of research and data to update presentations for the Division Director. Conducted complex research and analysis: created an original timeline representing anticipated SIP tasks for management; provided reports on regional air quality programs and issues to management. • For the Rider 7 (near-nonattainment air quality) grant program, evaluated deliverables such as progress reports, survey design/results, work plan amendments, and various technical reports (e.g. ambient monitoring quality assurance, photochemical modeling, and nonattainment costs). Represented the agency regularly in meetings with metropolitan planning organizations for San Antonio, Austin, and Houston regarding air quality/SIP activities, regulations, policies, and procedures.• Implemented special assignments: archived webpages for 150 historical SIP items; maintained the SIP Team SharePoint page and trained staff in its use and development; monitored ozone design value data and reported changes daily to teammates.

Austin, Texas

• Provided comprehensive grant project management for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), a suite of state air quality grant programs funding renewable energy electricity storage, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, and other emission-reduction projects. Managed the New Technology Implementation Grant (NTIG) and the Third-Party Grants programs.• Managed project-level tasks for the entire NTIG lifecycle. Represented the agency in workshop presentations, response to public requests for information, and providing technical assistance to applicants. Updated application scoring, metrics, and rubric; analyzed score data; and coordinated interagency review among the State Energy Conservation Office and Public Utility Commission. Revised and published NTIG Guidelines. • Conducted research on applicant project technologies for renewable energy, energy storage, and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission control and reduction. Reviewed statute, project plans, schematics, and budgets to develop three unique NTIG contracts, including special terms and conditions, risk assessment, and project scopes of work. Managed negotiations among grantees and legal, program, and fiscal staff to produce two grants for renewable energy electricity storage projects and one for applied research HAP abatement, totaling over $2.5 million. Completed contracting and monitored reporting.• For Third-Party Grants, monitored reporting for local emission-reduction subgrant projects awarded by the regional councils of Houston (H-GAC) and Dallas (NCTCOG), the Texas General Land Office, and the Texas Railroad Commission; comprising over $27 million in funds and over 2,800 subgrants to individuals, local businesses, and governments. • Developed business case for Web posting backup and became TERP Web Development Lead. Maintained accurate information for all nine TERP programs on 46 webpages, covering over $70 million in new funds through FY15.

Houston, Texas

• Developed a standard approach for supply chain risk exposure assessment involving multiple petrochemical product lines and modes of transportation. Saved time and effort by creating and applying risk methodology through analysis of geographic, chemical, and transportation variables; conducted in consultation with various product line stakeholders.

Houston, Texas Area

• Upon completion of graduate school, moved back to Texas and continued full-time job search, spending over 40 hours per week in active pursuit of employment in the energy and environmental field. During August, traveled throughout south Florida, exploring natural environments in the Everglades, Atlantic coast, and Florida Keys.• In addition to job application efforts, studied HTML, Spanish, and took volunteer training through the Bayou Land Conservancy to become a Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador. The greenway is the longest contiguous urban forested corridor in the nation. Moved to Austin to start position with TCEQ before Ambassador program began.

New York, New York

• Worked with a student team of MPA candidates to conduct an urban sustainability benchmarking analysis and produce a final report with recommendations for New York City’s sustainability plans. Led city selection committee for research. • Through outreach and engagement with municipal sustainability professionals, background research, and analysis, recommended a set of strategies to strengthen New York’s sustainability planning and implementation in multiple areas.• Report included sustainability innovations from 29 case studies, covering the following subjects: climate change, energy, air quality, solid waste, transportation, water, public health, funding, partnerships, and long-term institutionalization.

New York, New York

• Led, managed, and collaborated with a student team of MPA candidates to research hydraulic fracturing and design a program to implement proposed legislation concerning regulation and management of hydraulic fracturing waste. • Coordinated assignments; provided support to Project Manager and teams; designed program budget and timeline; and researched, wrote, and edited the final report detailing the implementation of a new waste tracking and permitting system.• Final program design and report comprised: organizational changes to the state environmental department; waste permitting process; storage duration; compliance inspections; tracking, reporting, and auditing; and enforcement.

New York, New York

• Facilitated outreach and client engagement for the first stakeholder-led, comprehensive social and environmental standards system for energy development, the EO100™ Standard, by editing EO’s Standard Guidance and citations, conducting research to identify and analyze best practices, and writing case studies.• Enabled business development by researching energy companies’ financials, assets, and sustainability performance to create potential client profiles; updated customer relationship management (CRM) system data.

Houston, Texas

• Coordinated change management project logistics and facilitated implementation for $1 billion IT program involving 600 people on three continents, supporting a major capital project (OpenLink Endur trading solution) for Shell.• Facilitated cutover simulations for Endur software upgrade by coordinating tasks and progress; managed SharePoint documents; updated project websites with metrics; engaged in user acceptance testing. Updated contracts to trader specifications; investigated volumetric and financial discrepancies; trained business users in new software and processes.• Decreased crude transportation invoice payment time by factor of 6, through examination of tariff and pipeline actualization costs, research, process improvement and documentation, and tracking and reporting performance metrics.• Established and administered document management systems in SharePoint and FileNet for transportation invoices, standardized file naming, and practiced rigorous version control of the payment tracking spreadsheet. Streamlined pipeline and truck logistic system mapping by engaging with counterparties, Accounting, IT, Operations, Scheduling and Trading; created over $285,000 in documented savings to the company through updates.

Humble, Tx

• Provided daily work management and academic support services to 130 student clients. Tracked grades and progress, working with individuals to increase their academic and professional success by analyzing essential historical concepts and events, grasping impacts of the past on the present and future, and practicing writing, critical thinking, and discussion.• Developed daily lesson plans and assessments, utilized technology to enhance instruction, and created original learning activities to maximize student engagement with the material and skills practice. Helped increase schoolwide standard test scores in 10th grade Social Studies from the previous year by over 10%, to a 97% passing rate.

Klein Isd, Texas

• Focusing on at-risk students, supported 60 children at 5 Klein ISD schools through the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. In collaboration with homeroom teachers, used a Socratic seminar approach to facilitate discussion and exercises, tutoring students from grades 6 to 12 in all four major subjects and assessing progress. • Emphasized and promoted beneficial academic habits, including: critical thinking, spelling and grammar self-improvement, practice of math problems, self-sufficiency and accountability, note-taking, and reading comprehension.

Aichi, Japan

• Traveled to three high schools weekly as an assistant teacher of English as a Foreign Language, benefiting lessons and instruction for approximately 500 Japanese students by co-teaching classes of up to 40 students at a time.• Partnered with Japanese Teachers of English to develop original activities and materials focused on speaking and listening skills. Conducted community outreach by presented seminars to gatherings of parents, students, and faculty, to improve local knowledge of American culture; showcased original lessons and methods at regional educator conferences.• Served as Editor for an established bimonthly publication for ALTs in Aichi Prefecture, using Microsoft Publisher: wrote, edited, and developed articles and other content; designed layouts; and produced and distributed hard copies.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Environmental Science And Policy

Activities and Societies: SIPA Energy Association

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Honors College, Residential.