Category: Our Team

Adam Fam
Intern

Adam Fam is a senior economics major at Colgate University. Adam has a keen interest in environmental and energy economics and has researched the topic for the past few years on his own. Adam will begin pursuing a masters degree in Economics from NC State upon graduation from Colgate with a strong focus on sustainability.

Anna Sommer
Economic Modeling Expert

Anna Sommer, with Energy Futures Group (EFG), has more than 15 years’ experience working on a wide variety of energy planning related issues, with a primary focus on integrated resource planning (IRP). Along with Chelsea Hotaling at EFG and the transmission and grid reliability experts at Telos Energy, she is providing capacity expansion and system […]

Ivan Urlaub
Director of Energy and Infrastructure

Ivan Urlaub is an impact entrepreneur who brings over 25 years of domestic and international experience to his role as Director, Energy & Infrastructure with New Energy Economics. Serving in a fractional role, Ivan is focused on iteratively improving energy affordability, equity, and economic competitiveness. Ivan works with NEE’s growing team and expert Board members […]

Nick Jones
Senior Utilities Economics Analyst

As a senior analyst, Nick Jones brings several years of experience in analyzing natural gas markets, power markets, and emerging decarbonization technologies. His previous role involved providing data and market commentary to some of the largest energy producers and investors in the world. He is currently working to build NEE’s data strategy and expand our […]

Dan Bruer
Executive Director

Dan Bruer leads New Energy Economics’ organizational development and operations, external strategic partnerships, and advocacy in support of state initiatives and policy objectives. He has more than 25 years of experience serving people, communities, and causes through philanthropy, public policy initiatives, and political campaigns. With professional and nonprofit board experience in the areas of conservation […]