Lisa Jacobson serves as the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy – a broad-based industry coalition of energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy industries that advocates energy and environmental policies that promote markets for clean, efficient and sustainable energy products and services.

Ms. Jacobson has extensive experience on the design of environmental and emissions markets and has advised states and federal policymakers on the incorporation of clean energy and energy efficiency into market-based emissions programs. Ms. Jacobson has testified before Congress and has represented clean energy industries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Prior to her position with the Council, Ms. Jacobson was a legislative aide to the U.S. Congress; received a Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and a Bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont.

Ms. Jacobson lives in Chevy, Chase Maryland with her husband Chris Jones and their two children.