Staff
Lisa Jacobson, President
Lisa Jacobson serves as the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization.
Ms. Jacobson has advised states and federal policymakers on energy, tax, air quality and climate change issues. She serves as a private sector observer to the World Bank's Climate Investment Fund and is a member of the Department of Energy's State Energy Efficiency steering committee. Ms. Jacobson has testified before Congress and has represented clean energy industries before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Prior to her position with the BCSE, 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.
Ruth McCormick, Senior Policy Associate
Ruth McCormick serves as a Senior Policy Associate for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) representing clean energy industries on a wide range of state and federal issues including tax policy, and energy and environmental policy. In her role with the BCSE she manages the coalition’s outreach and advocacy before the United States Congress and federal agencies, as well as outreach to state utility commissions, energy offices and other state officials.
Ms. McCormick has over twenty-five years of experience in energy and environmental policy development. Prior to joining the Council Ms. McCormick represented the Western Regional Council, a coalition of businesses in the Western United States, and served as a press secretary, legislative assistant and legislative director for House Energy and Commerce Committee member Congressman Howard Nielson (R-UT), serving as a key policy advisor during consideration of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. She is a graduate of the University of Utah.
Rebecca K. Blood, Senior Policy Advisor
Rebecca Blood provides policy strategy and advocacy event planning services to BCSE. She is a senior executive with the AnnDyl Policy Group, an energy and environmental policy firm that serves clean energy industries with government affairs and strategic marketing support services. Rebecca brings more than thirty-five years of public policy, legislative and regulatory experience at the local, state, and federal levels of government, with expertise in energy and environmental issues. Prior to joining AnnDyl, Rebecca owned her own government affairs firm. She has served as a senior policy advisor for the American Public Power Association, Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste, U.S. Representative Phil Sharp (D-IN) and U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).
Ms. Blood is a graduate of Michigan State University and George Washington University. She has also completed all necessary coursework for a secondary education teaching certificate for social studies from George Mason University, providing the essential framework for creating and teaching a class on “How Congress Works” through the Arlington County Public Schools' Adult Enrichment program.
Laura Tierney, Senior Policy Associate 
Laura Tierney serves as a Senior Policy Associate for the BCSE's International Policy programs. Ms. Tierney holds a Masters of International Environmental Policy and China from the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at the University of California, San Diego; and an undergraduate degree in Asian Studies from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is conversationally proficient in Mandarin Chinese, and has done development work in Mexico, the Philippines and China.