Consultant
OMP Energy & Natural Resources
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Michael has an extensive background in federal natural resources conservation, mitigation and energy policy, with a long history of working with federal, state and local governments and a broad array of stakeholders, focused primarily on conservation of public lands, energy development and species and habitat conservation.
Previously, Michael served as the North America Director of Energy Programs for The Nature Conservancy, creating the first comprehensive energy program for the organization. Within this role he served as the Conservancy’s lead on federal policies and legislation focused on energy development and mitigation – oil & gas, renewables, and transmission – across North America, and especially on public lands. Michael also worked as the Conservancy’s Director of Government Relations for the western United States and Director of Agency Relations for its Northwest and then Pacific & Rocky Mountain regions.
Prior to the Conservancy, Michael worked as Fish & Wildlife Policy Analyst for the NW Power Planning Council and the Oregon Governor’s Natural Resources Office, working across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana to address the impacts of the federal Columbia River hydropower system. Michael is a native Oregonian, attended the University of Oregon and the University of California at Berkeley, and is an avid outdoorsman and fly fisherman.
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