Elizabeth K. Whitney, Managing Principal
Elizabeth K. Whitney has more than fifteen years of federal policy experience, focusing on energy policy. Her government relations practice centers on energy markets, environmental regulation, climate change, and nuclear power. Ms. Whitney launched Meguire Whitney in January 2017 after spending six years at Morgan Meguire, where she led work relating to the Clean Power Plan and other environmental regulation, spent nuclear fuel, and Dodd-Frank implementation. There she represented clients in meetings with Congress, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, EPA, and FERC, as well as participated on clients’ behalf in coalitions.
Ms. Whitney was the Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), then-Chairman of the House Science Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. She advised Chairman Gordon on energy and environmental issues before that committee and worked closely with Science Committee staff on energy and environment initiatives. In addition, she managed appropriations, budget and tax issues, financial services, and transportation for Chairman Gordon, and served as his liaison to the centrist Blue Dog Coalition. She came to Capitol Hill in 2007 as an aide to Rep. Zack Space (D-OH), handling appropriations and transportation, among other issues.
She was a co-founder of the Women’s Congressional Staff Association, for which she was named “Congressional Staffer of the Year” along with her co-founders by Women in Government Relations. Prior to her time on Capitol Hill, she was a Government Affairs Associate at the American Public Works Association. There, she managed a federal grant from the U.S. EPA educating water utilities on environmental management practices. She began her career at the University of Michigan’s state government relations office.
Ms. Whitney holds a B.A. in Communication from Muhlenberg College (2004), an M.A. in Political Management from George Washington University (2008), and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (2015). She is a member of the Maryland State Bar.