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Oakland, California, United States

*Lead UC's biomethane program: Direct commercial, policy, regulatory, and monetization processes to grow UC into the largest voluntary purchaser of biomenthane in the country.*Spearhead UC's IRA strategy: Identify highest-value Inflation Reduction Act credit opportunities and design streamlined process for UC campuses to deploy clean energy projects: solar, wind, battery, charging infrastructure, and geothermal.*Drive UC's engagement with voluntary and compliance GHG accounting frameworks to ensure accurate, science-based protocols for biomethane and green hydrogen.*Manage external consultants, represent UC on multiple clean energy trade associations, and drive UC's engagement in key regulatory and policy proceedings to reduce emissions.

Oakland, California

*Spearhead UC's biomethane origination, procurement, and contract negotiation.*Oversee operations at UC's biogas processing plant: managing contractors, optimizing biogas flow and quality, integrating new technology.*Manage monetization strategy: RIN and LCFS credit registration, marketing contracts, cap-and-trade eligibility.*Support additional emissions reductions initiatives through: voluntary and compliance offsets, renewable electricity, GHG accounting, and EV charging.

*Drive innovative biogas and microgrid regulatory strategy in coordination with marketing, engineering, product management, sales, finance, and installation teams.*Build and manage coalitions of external stakeholders to advance goals.*Manage drafting and filing of technical comments to the CPUC, CEC, CARB, and other state and regional agencies. *Interpret and translate complex engineering detail, financial models, legislative language, regulatory code and rate data into regulatory and policy strategy.

* Lead author on Montana report, and support on New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming reports, investigating and proposing workforce development policies to create jobs and incentivize manufacturing in advanced energy.* Conducted quantitative (NAICS codes, county employment numbers) and qualitative (interviews) outreach to identify opportunities and craft policies with over 50 business leaders, academic researchers, environmental organizations and state government employees.

Denver, Co

*Directed cutting edge grassroots organizing, coalition building, legislative, ballot initiative and social/traditional media campaigns in 25 states in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain West to protect food and water resources. *Enjoyed the privilege of supervising a dynamic team of passionate community organizers.

San Francisco, Ca And Denver, Co

*Spearheaded historic ballot measure, state legislation and federal organizing campaigns to protect food and water. *Supervise a team of staff in three regional offices across the Western U.S.

San Francisco, Ca

Coordinated policy advocacy and campaigns in Colorado and New Mexico with state-wide coalitions to implement regulations to protect groundwater drinking water sources and push for reforms to our national agricultural policy.

San Francisco, Ca

Conducted outreach to dozens of agencies, organizations, labor unions and business to support increased funding for clean water infrastructure. Supported local community efforts to prevent mining of groundwater for bottled water.

Master’S Degree, Public Policy Analysis

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics