Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, US Climate & Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
"Natural Gas in a Low Carbon Future:  Environmental Opportunities & Challenges"
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Mark Brownstein is Associate Vice President and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Climate and Energy Program at Environmental Defense Fund. Mark leads EDF’s team on natural gas development and delivery. In addition, he specializes in a variety of utility-related issues including electric grid development and wholesale and retail market design.

Prior to joining EDF, Mark held a variety of business strategy and environmental management positions within Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), one of the largest electric and gas utility holding companies in the United States.

Mark’s career includes time as an attorney in private environmental practice, an air quality regulator with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and an aide to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mark is a member of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Public Advisory Committee.

Mark holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and a B.A. from Vassar College.