Christina Hayes is Executive Director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, a diverse coalition of customers, developers, environmental advocates, and labor interests who support the development of high-capacity transmission to cost-effectively and reliably build out the grid of the future. She previously served as Vice President for Federal Regulatory Affairs for Berkshire Hathaway Energy, as well as an attorney with FERC, where she was an advisor to Chairman Wellinghoff. A native Oregonian, Christina also served as an administrative law judge at the Public Utility Commission of Oregon. An energy attorney for more than 20 years, Christina earned a law degree from the University of Oregon and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary. Her early career also includes stints as staff in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on Capitol Hill, as well as work for judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Oregon Court of Appeals.