Nicole Pavia is the Interim Director for Clean Energy Infrastructure Deployment at Clean Air Task Force, where she identifies, develops, and advances solutions to growing barriers to utility-scale renewables and electricity transmission development. Her program areas of focus include improving planning, permitting, and siting processes at the federal, regional, and state levels, addressing community opposition to hosting clean energy projects, and exploring infrastructure financing and ownership models. Before Clean Air Task Force, Nicole worked on clean energy and climate projects at the Boston Consulting Group, the Energy Futures Initiative, and the Urban Green Council. She holds Economics and Political Science undergraduate degrees from Duke University and an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from the London School of Economics.