Clean Air project director to speak at CEDA breakfast

The executive director to the Clean Energy project is this month’s speaker at the Churchill Economic Development Authority’s Business Council breakfast.

The breakfast and meeting on Wednesday begin at 6:45 a.m. at Stockman’s Steakhouse. RSVP to sara@cedaattracts.com or by calling 775-423-8587.

With nearly 20 years of legal experience, Jennifer Taylor left a respected environmental, construction and construction defect law practice to lead Clean Energy Project as its executive director. Taylor understands the impact of policy and regulation on Nevada’s citizen from work, including representing homeowners living over one of Nevada’s largest groundwater contamination sites. She has been a member of the environmental law sections in both Washington and Nevada, a member of Nevada’s Energy, Utilities and Communications section, and a LEED Certified Green Associate. Taylor served on the board of Nevada Conservation League as board chair from 2010 to 2013, and as board chair from 2010 to 2013.

Taylor was campaign manager for Horsford for Congress where she oversaw the day-to-day operations for, then sitting, U.S. Representative Steven Horsford. Prior to taking over the campaign in July 2014, she served as his political director, engaging with stakeholders throughout Nevada.

Taylor moved to Nevada in 1995 to serve as law clerk for Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert E. Rose. Taylor is currently admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, as well as state and federal courts in Nevada, Washington, California, and Texas.

Clean Energy Project, Inc. (CEP) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to powering the clean energy economy through education and engagement with policy leaders, community leaders and citizens on the benefits of fully developing a clean energy economy.

The goal of CEP is to grow the clean energy economy and create jobs in Nevada and the West through policy development. CEP compiles and promotes the economic benefits of investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy through public education events, outreach and media. We do this by partnering with businesses and business focused organizations, federal state and local government, and community organizations. CEP focuses on the “business of clean energy” and is a technology neutral organization.