As Environmental Director, Jason is responsible for managing environmental considerations that are key to the development of all four of Clean Line Energy’s transmission line projects. Jason manages and directs the environmental studies to support Clean Line projects’ routing and siting processes, permit applications, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. In addition, Jason works to keep Clean Line team members apprised of federal and state environmental law and conservation procedures.

Jason has over 15 years of experience in environmental management, with expertise in permitting, planning, agency consultation, due diligence, regulatory affairs, and compliance. Prior to joining Clean Line, Jason was a Project Manager at NextEra Energy Resources, where he managed environmental matters for the development of dozens of renewable energy projects, permitting and construction of transmission lines, review of natural gas drilling and pipeline projects, and the due diligence review for mergers and acquisitions for their U.S. generation fleet.  Prior to working in the renewable energy industry, Jason’s experience includes over a decade of environmental and engineering consulting. He also has regulatory agency experience in performing environmental compliance investigations. Jason is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Forestry with an emphasis in hydrology and watershed management.