Over his career, Stephen has worked to improve energy security and sustainability by enabling high levels of domestic renewable energy resources. In his role as Director of Energy Partnerships at the National Audubon Society, he works closely with industry partners to support the rapid, responsible development of the transmission and renewable energy projects necessary to abate the consequences of climate change on birds and bird habitat.
Prior to Audubon, Stephen served as the Deputy Director of the Hawaii State Energy Office where he helped secure historic levels of funding for clean energy and resilience, including the first state funding for geothermal exploration in decades, and oversaw the development of the state’s first Decarbonization Pathways report. He also drafted three energy executive orders for Governor Josh Green, M.D., aimed at supporting the local renewable energy industry.
Before moving to Hawaii, Stephen lived and worked in Washington D.C., with positions at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Over his ten years at DOE, he helped create the Energy Transitions Initiative (now known as ETIPP) to provide technical assistance for rural and remote grids on topics such as resilience, efficiency, and planning for high amounts of intermittent renewable energy. He has presented on these topics domestically and internationally, from New Zealand and Japan to the European Union. He has translated this experience into a graduate-level course that he taught at the Johns Hopkins University campus in DC.
Stephen earned his Juris Doctor with honors from The George Washington University Law School. Before moving to public service, Stephen spent his early career in global government relations and capital markets for a Fortune 500 company, where he worked on government-supported export credits, including international climate financial support mechanisms.
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