Key Staff

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    Matthew Boms

    Executive Director

    Matthew Boms leads Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), the Texas state chapter of Advanced Energy United. He currently serves on the Texas Backup Power Package (TBPP) Advisory Committee, as well as the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) Task Force. Prior to joining TAEBA, Matt worked with The Climate Reality Project as Director of Strategic Programs in Latin America, where he founded and directed a long-term decarbonization program in Colombia's energy and transport sectors with support from the UK government. In his previous position, he served as International Manager, supporting The Climate Reality Project’s international branches. Prior to his work with Climate Reality, Matt was the Communications Manager for the Communitas Coalition in New York, securing a Sustainable Development Goal for cities and communities in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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    Alissa Rivera

    Communications Director

    Alissa Rivera supports Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance's advocacy projects and communications activities. Alissa has more than 10 years of experience working as a journalist and policy communications specialist. Prior to joining TAEBA, she worked as the Communications Director for an Illinois-based policy nonprofit focused on criminal legal system issues. In addition to working with other state legislative-focused organizations, she worked as a print, video, and digital reporter in Illinois and Florida.

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    Doug Pietrucha

    Policy Principal

    Doug Pietrucha supports TAEBA’s work on expanding wholesale markets, with a particular focus on TAEBA’s ERCOT engagement. Before coming to TAEBA, Doug worked at EQ Research conducting state level regulatory and legislative research, as well as summarizing utility rate cases. Doug has also worked with companies in the energy storage, community solar, and small hydro industries.

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    Jonathan Amthor

    Policy Associate

    Jonathan Amthor works in Advanced Energy United’s Texas state chapter, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), helping track legislation and lobby state decision-makers. He also works as a member of the Central Regional Working Group. Prior to working at United, Jonathan was an Environmental Analyst at Expro, an energy services provider. He also worked as a Policy Intern for Enchanted Rock, which provides Electrical Resiliency-as-a-Service.