Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Climate Change, Demand Side Management, Electric Vehicles, Energy Economics, Environmental Policy, Power Sector, Tax Policy

Joe brings an array of leadership experience in government, law, business and journalism. He served in the Reagan administration as an assistant administrator in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he was instrumental in the removal of lead from gasoline. Joe also served as editor of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City; he was a partner and co-leader of the Public Practice & Political Law practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; and played pivotal role in the purchase of Geneva Steel and the reopening of the plant in 1987. He served as CEO and chairman until 2001.