The Clark Group Team
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Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Max Baucus and Staff Attorney, Greater Yellowstone Coalition. 2007 Loeb Fellow, Harvard University. Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Areas of expertise: environmental and natural resources law; tax policy; federal legislation and politics; corporate sustainability.
Former Editor for Farm Journal Media and reporter for Knight-Ridder and the BBC, Areas of expertise: media relations; renewable fuels; bio-based products; agricultural economics; climate change.
Sara Hessenflow Harper, Partner
Masters' degree in speech communication and rhetoric from Kansas State University. Areas of expertise: pending carbon market opportunities for agriculture, the value-added market emerging from a low carbon fuels standard, sustaining the expanding biofuels boom, current legislative proposals on climate change and their impact on agriculture, and more.
Chelsea Henderson Maxwell, Partner
Former Senior Advisor on energy and climate change to Senator John Warner and Minority Subcommittee Staff Director on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming.
Former Managing Director and Chief Researcher for Corporate Executive Board. MBA with Distinction from Georgetown University, Architectural Association Diploma from Architectural Association, UK. 10+ years in program evaluation and performance assessment of management processes in broad range of functions in global organizations, including procurement, supply chain, sustainability, and R&D.
Former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Policy Division and a U.S. Army tank brigade and Armored Cavalry Squadron Commander; MBA from Tulane University. Subsequently, over 15 years of environmental organization and policy consulting. Areas of expertise: corporate and military sustainability; energy, and organizational effectiveness.
Former Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army and Associate Director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Former Chief, Environmental and Natural Resources Office at the U.S. Army Chemical and Military Police Schools, Fort McClellan, Alabama. One of the nation's foremost authorities on the National Environmental Policy Act. Areas of expertise: environmental analysis; military and environment; executive and legislative branch politics.
Lisa Mahoney, Senior Associate
Former Chief of Environmental Programs for the Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT Program. 1998 Equal Justice Foundation Fellow, Biodiversity Group of Environment Australia. Juris Doctor and Master's Degree in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School. Areas of Expertise: Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Environmental Impact Analysis, Strategic Planning.
Sara Brodnax, Associate and Director of Analysis
Director of Analysis in the Washington, DC Office. Masters of Environmental Management, Duke University. Areas of expertise: climate change policy; land-based GHG offsets; research and analysis; environmental assessment.
Environmental Analyst with the Washington, DC Office. Jennifer earned a Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Vermont Law School and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Areas of expertise: Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Regulatory Compliance, and Environmental Impact Analysis.
Christina Isbell, Junior Associate
Christina Isbell is a Research and Project Manager with The Clark Group. Her work at The Clark Group includes sustainable business initiatives, climate change and renewable energy policy positioning. Ms. Isbell also provides visual communication and design for a variety of Clark Group clients. She holds a B.A. in Communications from DePaul University.
Masters of Public Policy candidate at American University, with a concentration in Environmental Policy. Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, Georgia Southern University.
Kelly Miller-Smart, Operations Manager
12 years experience in Public Accounting in Oklahoma City, OK and Sheridan, WY, five of which included Logistics Administration for a national Beverage Company. 3 years experience as Administrative Assistant for a Software Development Firm in New York City. Studied Accounting at The New School in New York City.
Clint Nichols, DC Office Manager
Former scheduler and personal aide to U.S. Senator John Warner. Worked as a National Press Advance Representative with John McCain 2008. Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, Roanoke College.
Debra Rogers has over ten years experience in National Environmental Policy Act document review, preparation and project management. Debra has worked with several clients including the Tulalip Tribes, the Department of Homeland Security and the US Visit program to provide expert NEPA advice.
Steve Noah is widely recognized for his work in economic development, entrepreneurship and international trade. He currently serves as the Vice President for Advancement-William Penn University, as well as a partner in Iowa International Minerals LLC, and as an affiliate of The Clark Group LLC in Washington, D.C.
Gary Williams is a senior social scientist and NEPA expert at the Clark Group based in the Washington, DC office. Gary's work with the Clark Group has included reviewing and providing advice on NEPA issues, team teaching continuing education courses at Duke University's Environmental Leadership Program in the Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences (Social and Economic Impact Assessment, Public Involvement and Environmental Management Under NEPA).
Terry Kellogg's focus areas have included forestry issues at the Vermont Natural
Resources Council, mining at the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and renewable
energy at Green Mountain Energy.
Pete Conroy, Affiliate
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