ELI was pleased to join WilmerHale in co-sponsoring a conference featuring women thought leaders in energy and infrastructure. This one-day event provided a forum for discussions on policy and legal issues impacting the energy industry, as well as an exchange of ideas for powering the future of our nation's infrastructure development. The keynote speaker for the conference was US Senator Lisa Murkowski (R–Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee's Interior and Environment Subcommittee. Former US Trade Representative, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky also led a session featuring a discussion on US Energy Dominance on the World Economic Stage.
Speakers:
Kate MacGregor, Acting Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management at US Department of the Interior
Angie Colamaria, White House Office of Management and Budget
Stacy Linden, Vice President and General Counsel, American Petroleum Institute
Amanda Neely, General Counsel to Senator Rob Portman and Deputy Chief Counsel at US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Molly Ward, Secretary of Natural Resources for Virginia
Ann Loomis, Senior Advisor, Federal and Environmental Policy, Dominion
Karen Hawbecker, Associate Solicitor at US Department of the Interior
Rachel Jacobson, Special Counsel, WilmerHale
Bonnie L. Heiple, Counsel, WilmerHale
Raya B. Treiser, Counsel, WilmerHale