Lead the organization's environmental science program which advances education and research on the climate benefits of bio-based diesel and sustainable aviation fuels. In this role, I educate relevant stakeholders on the environmental benefits of clean fuels and work with industry and academia to identify and execute on relevant research needs. This work ensures feedstock and producer members' products are accurately assessed for their climate benefits and are appropriately accounted for in reporting by end users and policymakers.

Assisted in environmental advocacy activities concerning noise, ESG reporting, potable water, chemicals, aircraft end-of-life and climate issues relating to aircraft and airline operations. I worked with member airlines to develop and advocate consensus positions on priority issues; identify risks presented by environmental legislation and regulation at the international, federal, state and local levels; advocate to minimize negative impacts and amplify benefits of proposed regulations, legislation, and voluntary programs; and identify opportunities for voluntary environmental programs to leverage members’ business and environmental objectives and advocate to maximize benefits of such programs to the industry and relevant regulators.

Assisted in environmental advocacy activities concerning potable water, stormwater, recycling, environmental assessment and fuel management issues relating to aircraft and airportoperations. Workload included preparing background/issue assessment documents, comments onproposed regulations, position papers and correspondence regarding environmental issues impacting aviation; tracking sustainability developments of significance to the airlines; and working with the A4A environmental team and member airlines in formulating strategy, policy and positions on relevant issues.

Handled matters before Judge Michael J. Haubner and Judge Dawn E.B. Scholz. Caseload included cost-of-service rates in the natural gas industry, reactive power service rates in the electric industry, electric transmission rates arising out of Southwest Power Pool's takeover of the Integrated System, the fallout from the California Energy Crisis, and disputes arising out of generation interconnection policies and system support resource agreements.I provided legal advice based on independent analysis of precedent and record evidence presented at hearing, and assisted in drafting and finalizing two initial decisions: (1) Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation v. Virginia Electric and Power Company, 154 FERC ¶ 63,014 (2016), and (2) Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 156 FERC ¶ 63,013 (2016).

Managed a group of 33 students working together to publish two issues in English and one each in French and Spanish on relevant topics to the field of sustainable development both domestically and internationally. Our fall issue focused on the IPAT formula and how the variables of population, affluence, and technology policies influence our impact on the environment. Our spring issue focused on environmental health and development highlighting recent hot topics such as genetically modified foods, chemical exposure, and fracking.

Assisted Prof. Perry Wallace with international corporate governance research in the environmental arena. Additionally, I assisted Prof. David Hunter in updating his textbook, Climate Change and the Law, and in editing the Yearbook of International Environmental Law for 2012.

Assisted senior counsel with all legal support for the association including drafting amicus briefs and comments to proposed federal agency rulemakings. I co-authored two amicus briefs to the Third and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeal regarding constitutional field preemption of state electric generation mandates under the Federal Power Act and assisted writing comments to U.S. EPA on regulating carbon dioxide from existing power plants under the Clean Air Act.

Drafted a complete initial decision regarding violations of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, including the legal analysis and penalty discussions. I also drafted several judicial orders in response to party requests.

Supported the Environmental Justice Program through legal research, writing, and advocacy. My work contributions include: writing memoranda on a request for jury trial and on U.S. EPA and U.S. DOT civil rights regulations, and drafting substantial comments to U.S. EPA on technical guidance that sixteen stakeholders adopted in a submission to improve incorporating environmental justice into the rulemaking process. I also participated in negotiations with the New York City Housing Authority to improve indoor air quality throughout the public housing developments in the city and worked on a team to strategize a local entrepreneur's launch of a mobile fresh food market.

Assisted Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's Green Team in researching U.S. EPA Clean Air Act rulemakings, carbon pricing mechanisms, and climate change skepticism. Concurrent with this position, I wrote a paper outlining a carbon pricing mechanism that could be passed in the 112th U.S. Congress by incorporating compromises to major industry groups while still substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions nationwide.

Contributed fact-based research to bolster arguments for energy efficiency incentives in Congressional bills. I also researched causes of coal plant closures to defend U.S. EPA's Carbon Pollution Standard and to ensure that workers affected by plant closures benefit from retraining and economic assistance programs. Lastly, I assisted in writing, organizing, and submitting comments to U.S. EPA from the Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute, union presidents, and district directors representing over 228,000 union workers, and 13,219 concerned citizens regarding EPA's proposed Carbon Pollution Standard.

Climate and Energy Policy; Environment, Climate, and Transportation PracticeEstimated emissions for, compiled, and submitted the annual National Inventory Report of Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This report is also published on U.S. EPA's website each year under the title Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. I was the lead on estimating emissions from waste combustion, non-energy uses of fossil fuels, and ozone-depleting substance substitutes, and on estimating carbon storage from landfilled yard trimmings and food scraps. I also conducted the key sources analysis and finalized the report's submission each year. My other work focused predominantly on ozone-depleting substance substitutes, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). I worked with a team to analyze proposed U.S. legislation, regulatory rules, and international environmental agreements under strict and immediate deadline, which led the United States, Canada, and Mexico to submit an amendment proposal to the Montreal Protocol to cap HFC consumption under the agreement. I also assisted U.S. EPA in rulemaking and implementation efforts for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. I maintained U.S. EPA's Vintaging Model to provide predictive and current state data on ozone-depleting substance substitutes. The Model is used to estimate emissions from that source category for the National Inventory Report and to analyze emissions targets and compliance potential at the national and global levels.

Updated state-mandated Spill Prevention, Control, and Counter-measure and Pollution Incident Prevention plans for the University on behalf of the Department’s Environmental Permitting and Protection Program.