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Colleen Newman

President
Abingdon Strategies, LLC

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Abingdon Strategies, LLC

Areas of Expertise:

Energy Security, Environmental Policy, Hydropower, Natural Gas, Power Sector, Renewables, Transmission

Additional Areas of Expertise:

Energy policy in the Caribbean and other island nations.

Colleen Newman has worked on energy policy issues in both the public and private sectors for 20 years. Most recently Ms. Newman served as the energy advisor to Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño in his Washington DC office. In that role, she worked with the Governor and his energy team in Puerto Rico to develop strategies to diversify Puerto Rico’s energy generation mix from diesel and bunker fuels to cleaner and cheaper sources of energy such as natural gas, solar and wind technologies. In addition, she worked closely with the U.S. Government to obtain funding and technical support for energy projects on the island. Prior to joining the Governor’s Washington DC office, she also served Luis Fortuño in his role as Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives and advised him on energy, natural resources, and agriculture issues of importance to Puerto Rico.

Ms. Newman also spent several years working on energy policy in the private sector. She served as the Government Affairs Advisor to the law firm of Brickfield, Burchette, Ritts and Stone P.C., which is a boutique law firm in Washington DC that specializes in energy law and policy and represents not for profit utilities and industrial manufacturers. In this role, she provided analysis and advocacy on key pieces of energy policy legislation and climate change activities considered by Congress and U.S. federal agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy. She also served as a legislative assistant for the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, which is an association in Washington DC that represents companies in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries.

Ms. Newman has a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola University in Baltimore, MD and a M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia.

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