President and Founder
Steve Black Strategies, Inc., Colorado, United States
Former Counselor to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar
Steve Black is a leader in energy, environmental and natural resources policy with more than 25 years of experience as an environmental and energy lawyer and in state and Federal governments. Steve helps public and private organizations navigate the political and public policy worlds in Washington, D.C. and in Western state capitals to achieve timely and cost-effective results with positive environmental outcomes.
Steve served as Counselor to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, where he played a key role on almost all energy and public lands issues facing the United States. Steve led the Department’s efforts to stand up for the first time a renewable energy program, best exemplified by the western solar plan and the successful permitting of 41 utility-scale renewable energy projects and more than 1,600 miles of transmission lines on public lands.
Steve joined the Department from Secretary Salazar’s Senate staff, where he was responsible for all of Senator Salazar’s energy, environment, and natural resources legislation, including the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the Renewable Energy provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Before moving to Washington, Mr. Black was Deputy Attorney General for Natural Resources and the Environment in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and prior to that he was a partner at Holland & Hart, LLP, in Denver, where he practiced environmental law.
Steve earned his J.D. (1989) and his Bachelor of Arts Degree (1982) from the University of California at Berkeley. Steve has two adult children and lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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