SPEAKER: Jeff Marks, Executive Director, E2Tech

In partnership with the US Department of Energy and the Maine Governor’s Energy Office, E2Tech is engaged in a unique project to guide and stimulate innovative, facilitated discussions among businesses, non-profits, government entities, and other parties to drive public support for and private sector investment in Maine’s energy sector. By having a sustainable, robust energy plan in place, we can use it to drive investment in energy efficiency and renewable, indigenous energy sources like biomass, biofuels, wind, hydropower, solar, and tidal energy. We also want to increase reliability and resiliency across the regional electricity grid; lower energy costs; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and create jobs in Maine. The ultimate goal is to establish an implementable, stakeholder-driven plan that results in lower costs, improves the environment, and advances energy security.

Jeff Marks is Executive Director of the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech). Before joining E2Tech, Jeff was Deputy Director of the Maine Governor’s Energy Office where he advised the Governor, Legislature and State agencies on energy policy options, development and implementation. Prior to his state service, Jeff was Director, Energy & Environmental, Health and Safety Policy and managed government relations’ activities for United Technologies Corporation (UTC), a Fortune 50 company on the cutting edge of the aerospace, buildings, and energy industries. He has also worked on all levels of government in various political and policy positions – with a city manager, a state senate president, a state attorney general and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. He later served under the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR), a delegation of elected and appointed leaders from all levels of government. Jeff received his BA in political science from the University of Southern Maine and his MPA from the University of Southern California. He also received his JD from the University of California, Davis School of Law and is a member of the California Bar.