Anne L. Kelly
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Anne L. Kelly
Vice President, Government Relations
Anne leads the Ceres Policy Network, Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP). BICEP is a coalition of 89 leading companies advocating for meaningful climate and energy policy at the state and federal levels. Anne is a registered lobbyist and is actively engaged on Capitol Hill on behalf of Ceres and BICEP member companies.
Anne is an environmental lawyer with twenty-five years of public and private sector experience. In the 1990s, she directed the Massachusetts Environmental Strike Force—a team of legal and engineering professionals charged with bringing high-profile civil and criminal actions through the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General.
Anne has taught environmental law courses at Boston College Law School, Suffolk University, and Tufts University. In addition to her law degree, Anne holds a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is a fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL).
Degrees
- BA - Michigan State University - James Madison College
- MPA - Harvard Kennedy School
- JD - Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
N/AProfessional Societies and Organizations
Boston Bar Association - Chair Environmental Law Committee - 1997-1999Other Environmental Career Experience
- Director, Massachusetts Environmental Crimes Strike Force 1990-1995
- Special Assistant to Regional Administrator John Devillars, 1996-1999
- Senior Director, Climate Policy Program, Ceres 2009-2018
Representative Publications (not including ACOEL Blogs)
N/AIllustrative Projects
- 1991-1M settlement on behalf of Commonwealth of Massachusetts against Monsanto
- 1991-Executed state-wide sting operation uncovering extensive vehicle emissions fraud
- 2013-Mobilized hundreds of companies to support Pres. Obama's Clean Power Plan
- 2022-Mobilized massive private sector support for the Inflation Reduction Act