Edith Bayer is the Energy Policy Team Lead at the Oregon Department of Energy, where she is leading work on developing a statewide Oregon Energy Strategy. Edith joined ODOE after five years at the International Energy Agency in Paris, where she led cooperation on energy efficiency with governments across Latin America. Before that, she spent nine years at the Regulatory Assistance Project in Vermont and Brussels, Belgium with a focus on electricity markets, utility regulation, and energy efficiency policy. Edith has a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in Russian and Spanish from Tulane University. She also speaks fluent Polish and conversational French. In her spare time, you can find her biking around town, hiking, and enjoying time with her family.