Sam began his clean energy career in reforming municipal energy policy to expand clean energy development opportunities on the Western Slope of Colorado. With over seven years of experience in the sector, Sam leads the E9 team in developing state-level policy strategies for E9’s clients; including strategic market segmentation and policy analysis.

With a passion for helping to advance the clean energy transition, Sam works with utility vendors, academic and nonprofits, state and federal agencies, and distributed energy resource providers to support their regulatory engagement efforts. Sam recently served as project lead to characterize the regulatory environment of the western state’s outlook for battery storage, including recommendations to inform policy design and energy modeling strategies of a major BESS advisory services company.

He holds a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from Western Colorado University and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BS) from the University of Vermont.