Transforming Energy Lecture - Alison Taylor

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
3:00 p.m.
3201 JM Patterson Building
Amanda McCrum
301 405 9378
amccrum@umd.edu

Alison Taylor,
Vice President, Sustainability & City Strategy
City Executive, Washington Metro Area
Center of Competence Americas
Siemens Infrastructure & Cities 

"Sustainability and Innovation at Siemens"
The Lecture abstract will be posted shortly.

Biography:

Appointed by the Siemens Cities Center of Competence as Vice President, Sustainability and City Executive for the District of Columbia in March, 2014, Alison is responsible for leading Sustainability initiatives in the US as well as the Siemens strategy for expanded presence in the Washington metropolitan area.

The Cities Center of Competence (CoC) is dedicated to understanding the key challenges facing cities as they strive for economic growth and long term prosperity. The CoC strives to leverage the company’s global experience and deep portfolio of infrastructure solutions to help cities create and implement plans for the future.

Prior to joining the CoC, Alison served as Vice President, Sustainability-Americas.  In this position, she developed and managed the sustainability program for the Americas and acted as a resource for sustainability initiatives across Siemens’ business sectors.

Alison joined Siemens in 2006 as Director, Government Affairs. In this role, she represented Siemens' position on environmental issues with Congress and the Executive Branch.  She developed and promoted legislation and worked with various operating companies within Siemens to develop positions and projects on environmental topics like air quality, emissions, water quality, industrial pollution and climate change.

Before joining Siemens, Alison was Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for five years, and counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce for six years.  She has been a member of the U.S. delegation to United Nations conferences on Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability and Ozone Layer Depletion.

Prior to her service on Capitol Hill, Alison was an equity partner in the Denver-based law firm Davis, Graham and Stubbs, LLC where she specialized in water law, mining law and environmental law.  She clerked for several Denver firms and completed an internship during law school for the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  She has contributed to numerous environmental publications and has been a frequent speaker for American Bar Association courses on environmental subjects.

Alison graduated from Duke University with an undergraduate degree in biology, and the University of Denver with a juris doctorate degree.  She was Managing Editor of the Denver University Law Review and is admitted to the practice of law in the District of Columbia and Colorado. 

 

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