Energy.gov

Tracey A. LeBeau (Cheyenne River Sioux) is Director for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.  She was appointed in January 2011 to establish this new Office which is authorized by statute to manage, coordinate, create and facilitate programs and initiatives to encourage tribal energy and energy infrastructure development.  Administratively, the Office was established to also coordinate, across the Department, those policies, programs and initiatives involving Indian energy and energy infrastructure development.

Pilar Thomas (Pascua Yaqui) is the Deputy Director in the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.  As Deputy Director, Ms. Thomas assists the Director in developing national energy policy and programs related to Indian energy development.  Ms. Thomas is also responsible for developing and implementing policy efforts within the Department and federal government to achieve the Office’s Indian Energy policy objectives. 

Dan Beckley is a Principal Laboratory Program Manager at NREL. He provides oversight and guidance for the NREL Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs project team. Mr. Beckley was a Presidential Management Fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy prior to joining NREL.

Liz Doris is a Senior Project Leader at NREL specializing in understanding strategies for developing clean energy technologies in a variety of markets. She is the project manager for the NREL Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs project team. Ms. Doris has managed state and local policy and technical assistance project teams for NREL since 2006. Prior to NREL, she managed state and local efforts at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. 

Alexander Dane is a Project Leader at NREL, specializing in clean energy planning and project implementation at a local level. Mr. Dane focuses on implementation and document recasting for the NREL Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs project team.

Dr. Brian Hirsch is a Senior Project Leader for NREL’s Alaska initiative, working with Alaska native tribes and other stakeholders on development of local energy resources. As part of the NREL Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs project team, Dr. Hirsch is responsible for technical assistance and project implementation in Alaska.

Sarah Busche is an energy policy analyst at NREL, assisting state, local, and tribal governments with developing policies to increase deployment of clean energy technologies. Ms. Busche focuses on understanding how existing policy environments impact successful project implementation for the NREL Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs project team.