Members of the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee
Meredith Fowlie, Chair
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Meredith Fowlie was appointed to the IEMAC by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in June 2018. Fowlie is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. She is also a faculty director at UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas and co-directs the Energy and Environmental Economics group at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She earned a doctorate in Environmental and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in environmental economics from Cornell University.
Danny Cullenward, Vice-Chair
Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Danny Cullenward was appointed to the IEMAC by Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León in September 2017. Cullenward is an economist and lawyer focused on the scientific integrity of climate policy. He is a Senior Fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University. Cullenward’s book, Making Climate Policy Work (with David G. Victor), shows how political forces make green industrial policy more effective than carbon pricing. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School and a doctorate in Environment and Resources from Stanford University.
Dallas Burtraw, Member
Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Dallas Burtraw was appointed to the IEMAC by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in June 2018. Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins senior fellow at Resources for the Future. He has worked to promote efficient control of air pollution and written extensively on electricity industry regulation and environmental outcomes. His current research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy, the evolution of electricity markets including renewable integration, and the interaction of climate policy with electricity markets. He has provided technical support in the design of carbon dioxide emissions trading programs in California, the Northeast, and the European Union. Burtraw holds a doctorate in economics and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree from the UC Davis.
Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Member
California State Director, Environmental Defense Fund
Katelyn Roedner Sutter was appointed to the IEMAC by California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in May 2021. Roedner is the California State Director at the Environmental Defense Fund. In addition to leading climate work, she leads regulatory and legislative issues for the fund across the West. Her focus is on advancing policies that establish and implement long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions and improve local air quality. She holds a master’s degree in ethics and social theory from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and a bachelor’s in international affairs from George Washington University.
Brian Holt, Member
Business Manager/ Financial Secretary of IBEW Local 428
Brian Holt was appointed to the IEMAC by Governor Gavin Newsom in December 2022. Holt is the Business Manager/ Financial Secretary of IBEW Local 428, representing electrical construction and maintenance workers in Kern County, California. He is the current Chair of the Kern County Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust, Vice President of the Kern Inyo and Mono Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, Civil Service Commissioner for the County of Kern, and member of the local Work Force Development Board. Holt has also served on the Public Safety and Vital Services Oversight Committee for the City of Bakersfield.
Helen Kerstein, Observer
Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst’s Office
Helen Kerstein is a Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), a nonpartisan office that provides independent fiscal and policy information and advice to California’s Legislature. In that role, she focuses on energy, air quality, climate change, and transportation-related issues. Prior to joining the LAO, Ms. Kerstein served as a Management Analyst with the City of Culver City. She has also held various other government and private sector positions, including serving as a David Bohnett Mayoral Public Service Fellow, a California Assembly Fellow, an auditor with the California State Auditor, and a consultant with Navigant Consulting. Ms. Kerstein holds a Master in Public Policy from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Pomona College.