A native of the DC area, Elizabeth has worked on complex policy challenges regarding legislative, executive, and judicial matters, particularly in the environmental space.
Drawing on her experience as Republican Chief Counsel to a Senate committee, as an in-house counsel at a major trade association, and as an environmental attorney at a Washington, DC, law firm, Elizabeth knows how to design advocacy and legal strategies across multiple policy areas. She has negotiated the text of new laws, written regulatory comments, developed media strategies, and served as counsel in challenges to regulations, including before the US Supreme Court and US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
She has worked on environmental and infrastructure legislation signed into law, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). She has also worked on resolutions and legislation under the Congressional Review Act and the Congressional Budget Act, including the Inflation Reduction Act and associated application of the so-called Byrd Rule for budget reconciliation legislation.
Elizabeth has engaged on energy and environmental legal and policy issues her entire career. She has examined associated tax policy and how domestic regulations can impact trade and small businesses. She has witnessed how federal policies can affect innovation and financial investment in emerging technologies, energy production, transportation and infrastructure projects, and domestic manufacturing. She draws on years of work on environmental regulation and permitting, including issues such as:
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental reviews;
- Stationary and mobile source emissions regulation under the Clean Air Act;
- Permitting and section 401 certification under the Clean Water Act; and
- Emergent regulation of PFAS under CERCLA and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
