Maria Robinson

Maria Duaime Robinson is the President and CEO of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), a 40-year old organization focused on building the foundation for rapid adoption of clean energy and energy efficiency to benefit people, the economy, and our planet. She served as the inaugural Director of the Grid Deployment Office, a new organization stood up in the U.S. Department of Energy in 2022 tasked with $26B of new federal funding to catalyze the development of new and upgraded electric infrastructure across the country. Previously, Maria was the first Korean-American elected to the Massachusetts General Court, where she served in the House of Representatives, leading the bicameral Clean Energy Caucus, was the Massachusetts state lead for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators where she also served on the board, and was the only state legislator on the U.S. EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee. She also served on faculty at Tufts University’s Graduate School of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy. Prior to her election in 2018, Maria led Advanced Energy Economy’s (now Advanced Energy United) Wholesale Markets Program, including engagement at FERC and the regional transmission organizations. She began her career at Navigant Consulting in the renewable energy practice, supporting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in analyzing and procuring contractors for statewide renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.