Houston May 2013 Luncheon

"Federal Energy Policy Trends: A View from Washington"

Christine Tezak has followed environmental policy for two decades and assumed responsibility for the electric utility and natural gas pipeline sectors in 1999. Her environmental background provides a unique perspective as energy and environmental issues continue to converge. She is an eight-term board member, and past President of the Washington, D.C.-based Women’s Council on Energy & the Environment. She is also a non-attorney member of the Energy Bar Association and a member of the Natural Gas Roundtable.

Ms. Tezak has been quoted in numerous financial and industry publications and has testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to joining ClearView, she was a Director and Senior Analyst for Energy & Environmental Policy at Robert W. Baird & Co. Before that, she was a senior vice president at the Washington Research Group, where she headed the electricity, natural gas and environment policy research effort. Earlier in her career, Ms. Tezak was a research associate with HSBC Securities, Inc. and with NatWest Securities.

Ms. Tezak received her bachelor’s degree in Russian from Boston College and earned an MBA in Finance from the George Washington University. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa (Boston College) and Beta Gamma Sigma (GWU) honor societies, and winner of the 2001 Bernard Nees Prize in Finance.