Koren Consulting is where industry experience meets relentless drive. With 15 years of experience and a Master’s degree in Financial Economics, I bring a powerful blend of business acumen, deep industry knowledge, and well-honed relationships to the table, delivering tailored solutions that connect business with government.As a seasoned consultant and lobbyist based in Central Ohio, I specialize in energy, public utilities, and telecommunications but am equally equipped to navigate challenges across diverse industries. My competitive edge lies in my ability to leverage well-established connections and a tireless work ethic to ensure your business not only meets its goals but exceeds them. With Koren Consulting, you gain a dedicated partner who is committed to driving your success with agility, insight, and a personal touch. Let Koren Consulting be the catalyst for your success, providing strategic insights and advocacy that propel your business forward.

Strategic Impact Consulting is a government relations, regulatory strategy and organizational development firm specializing in utility, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, economic development/infrastructure, transportation and disaster preparedness issues. The firm provides issue advocacy and education, regulatory strategy development and execution and business to business networking. Representative clients include large electric and natural gas utilities, large cable telecommunications companies, large biologics manufacturers, design engineering firms and non-profits.

Responsible for development and implementation of government affairs strategy. Focus includes advocating business needs before Ohio General Assembly, state executive agencies, and supporting company’s political action committee. - Liaise with Ohio General Assembly and executive agencies as the day-to-day representative in company’s operations. - Initiate introduction and successfully lobby for enactment of legislation to address company business needs. - Review proposed legislation to determine impact on company operations. - Direct efforts of company’s political consultants, including assigning tasks, managing workflow, approving payments and monitoring contracts. - Develop yearly strategic plans for the NiSource Political Action Committee fund, including creating budget based on analysis of political climate, timely distribution of funds to candidates, and increasing participation among eligible employees. - Provide guidance on external regulatory and political environment.

- Management of the regulatory process with shared services and state functions in order to achieve successful regulatory outcomes.- Contributing to the comprehensive and integrated presentation of Columbia's positions to influential opinion makers in state governmental relations, regulatory and economic development arenas in support of the company's financial and strategic goals.- Build and maintain effective relationships with key regulatory and legislative parties.- Contribute towards the construction of rate case and regulatory financial planning models and provide recommendations.- Advise and provide guidance on regulatory directions and strategy based on assessment of external regulatory and political environment.- Provide active regulatory guidance in development of strategic plan.

- Provided market risk guidance and assessments for company’s Commercial Operations and Energy Partners. - Produced market quotes and significant events in the power, natural gas, coal, oil, and emissions commodity markets. - Calculated total daily value at risk for company’s trading positions; reported results to executive management. - Maintained understanding of trader portfolios, including positions analysis, P&L activity, risk concentration and trading strategy. - Prepared and presented validation simulations on structure deals to confirm pricing accuracy of deals. - Ensured on-going financial accuracy, audit compliance and completeness in disclosures for Sarbanes Oxley, Deloitte and Touche, and Internal Audits.

- Responsible for cost of service studies for Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company. - Developed monthly demand and energy studies for Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee state jurisdictions. - Provided quarterly summary of financial stability for Appalachian Power Company through a complex return on equity study. - Allocated costs and performed rate designs for Appalachian Power Company’s base tariffs and EE/DSM programs in West Virginia and Virginia. - Facilitated training for co-workers on Business Objects and PeopleSoft Financial.

- Conducted weekly financial and impact reports for EE/DSM programs.- Assisted in creating a data warehouse for all AEP company’s EE/DSM reporting data.- Assisted in the design of a Deemed Measure list for the State of Ohio.- Took an active role in learning the business that is alternative energy investments and Demand Side Management.

- Graded exams and analyzed the difficulty of the questions to determine the level fairness of the exam.- Graded homework and provided responses to incorrect answers and guidance through open office hours.- Assisted in research and analysis for a professor studying forestry data.

- Responsible for managing all operations of the chapter. - Served as liaison between the chapter, the Greek community, and the university.