Michael Carr, SEMA Coalition

Executive Director, SEMA Coalition

Mike has worked for 25 years designing policies and building consensus to advance clean energy technologies. He specializes in finding innovative approaches to solving the unique problems of emerging, disruptive technologies that can transcend our current difficult political environment. He served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Senior Advisor to the Director of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis at the US Department of Energy from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the leadership team advising the Secretary on clean energy policy and deployment, in addition to being a guiding force on the R&D and deployment agenda within EERE. Prior to serving the President at DOE, Mike served as Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 2004 to June 2012.