Sandy Fazeli

Sandy Fazeli (she/her) is the senior managing director of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), where she leads NASEO program areas and state engagement in workforce development; energy technology innovation; equity, access, and inclusion; and subnational and international cooperation and coordination on energy, climate, and resilience planning. She oversees NASEO’s private sector Affiliates program, which connects state energy policymakers, companies, and nonprofits, and helps lead the content development of NASEO’s major conferences and events. In addition to her role at NASEO, Ms. Fazeli serves as an adjunct fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; as a member on the advisory board of the Energy Policy Institute at Boise State University; as vice chair of the City of Minneapolis's Community Environmental Advisory Commission; and as a member of the National Academies' Committee on Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States. Prior to NASEO, Ms. Fazeli worked on energy efficiency and state policy issues at the Rocky Mountain Institute, the Colorado Energy Office, and the Alliance to Save Energy. She holds a bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University and a master of development practice from the University of Denver.