Dr. Jonathan Raab is President of Raab Associates. Dr. Raab is an experienced mediator, facilitator, consultant, and trainer. He is a national leader in applying consensus-building processes to energy, environmental, climate, and regulatory issues. He authored a seminal book, Using Consensus Building to Improve Utility Regulation (ACEEE: Washington, D.C., 320 pages, foreword by Susan Tierney) and is on both the mediation and arbitration panels for the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) Power Pool, the mediation panel of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), and on the dispute resolution rosters of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. For the past 17 years Dr. Raab has been the convener and moderator of the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable, a popular regional forum born out of electric industry restructuring. The Restructuring Roundtable meets six times per year to discuss current topics related to revolutionary changes in the electric power industry in Massachusetts and throughout New England. The Roundtable has been meeting since 1995. Attendance at the Roundtable meetings averages over 175, with attendees representing a broad cross-section of stakeholders.Specialties: Designing and leading complex multi-party stakeholder processes on energy, climate, regulatory, siting and environmental issues; facilitation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and training in negotiation skills, presenting to a wide range of audiences on complex energy topics; team building with other consulting firms and individuals to perfectly match the needs of our diverse clients.