麻州候任州長Maura Healey指派Rebecca Tepper出任能源及環保廳廳長

Rebecca Tepper。 (Healey-Driscoll陣營提供)

             (Boston Orange 編譯) 麻州候任州長奚莉 (Maura Healey) 及副州長 Kim Driscoll 今 (28) 日宣佈，將指派Rebecca Tepper擔任能源及環保廳 (EEA)廳長。

                         Rebecca Tepper目前是麻州總檢察官辦公室的能源及環保局長。

            奚莉表示，她在和Rebecca共事期間，了解到Rebecca是一位強勁有力的領導者，深深關切環境，也了解橫在眼前，和工作人員及企業合作，推動清潔能源革命，保存自然資源的大機會。Rebecca聰明，致力環保，而且會是我們所急需的建立共識，交出成果的人。

            Rebecca Tepper的能源環保廳廳長一職，麾下監管6個環保，天然資源及能源規定機構。她將和新政府的氣候長 (Climate Chief)一起推動Healey-Driscoll政府電力化樓宇及交通系統的承諾，在麻州各地從創新、科技及投資角度打造氣候迴廊。

           目前Rebecca是在麻州總檢察長辦公室擔任能源及環保政策首席顧問。她負責監管總檢察長辦公室的3個環境、能源組，包括執行維護麻州納稅人權益的法定責任。她從2015年起進入麻州總檢察長辦公室工作，之前擔任過麻州公共設施局能源設施選址委員會的總法律顧問。

           她在2019年進入麻州州政府工作之前，曾任Rubin and Rudman律師事務所合夥人15年。她畢業於威斯康辛/麥迪遜大學，以及麻州大學波士頓分校法律系。她和丈夫及2個兒子住在勒星頓鎮。

Healey and Driscoll to Appoint Rebecca Tepper as Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary

BOSTON – Governor-elect Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll today announced that they will appoint Rebecca Tepper as Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). Tepper is currently the Chief of the Energy and Environment Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

“In my time working with Rebecca, I’ve known her to be a strong leader who cares deeply about our environment and also understands the great opportunity before us to partner with our workforce and businesses to drive our clean energy revolution and preserve our beautiful natural resources,” said Governor-elect Healey. “She’s smart, experienced and committed to the cause, and I know that she will be a consensus builder and deliver the results we so urgently need.”

“I’m honored to be chosen as EEA Secretary by Governor-elect Healey and Lieutenant Governor-elect Driscoll,” said Tepper. “The challenge of this moment is not lost on me – we have enormous work to do to deliver relief to Massachusetts residents and businesses who are struggling with rising energy bills and aggressively move forward on our climate goals. Our transition to a clean energy economy will create good paying, sustainable jobs and deliver health, environmental and equity benefits to all Massachusetts residents.”

As EEA Secretary, Tepper will oversee the state’s six environmental, natural resource and energy regulatory agencies. She will work closely with the Climate Chief to deliver on Governor-elect Healey’s commitment to electrify our buildings and transportation system and create a climate corridor of innovation, technology and investment across the state.

In her current role, Tepper serves as Attorney General Healey’s chief advisor on energy and environmental policy. She’s responsible for the office’s three environmental and energy divisions, including executing the statutory duties of the Commonwealth’s ratepayer advocate. She’s worked in the Attorney General’s Office since 2015, and previously served as General Counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and Director of the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board.

Before entering state government in 2009, Tepper worked in the private sector for 15 years as a Partner at Rubin and Rudman LLP. She is a graduate of  the University of Wisconsin/Madison and Boston University Law School. She lives in Lexington with her husband and twin boys.