 Dr. Jonathan Raab
is President of Raab Associates. Dr. Raab is an experienced
mediator, facilitator, consultant, and trainer.
Dr. Raab is a national leader in
applying consensus-building processes to energy, environmental, and
regulatory issues. He authored a seminal book, Using Consensus
Building to Improve Utility Regulation (ACEEE: Washington, D.C., 320
pages, foreword by Susan Tierney) and is on both the mediation and arbitration panels for the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) Power Pool, the mediation panel of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), and on the dispute resolution rosters of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
Prior to starting Raab
Associates, Dr. Raab was the Assistant Director of the Electric
Power Division at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.
He has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Energy and Environmental Policy, and Resource Economics), an M.S.
from Stanford University's Civil Engineering Department
(Infrastructure Planning and Management), and an A.B. (distinction)
in Social Sciences also from Stanford. Dr. Raab has taught courses at the University of Oregon, Stanford, and UMass (Boston) and currently teaches the graduate course at MIT on sustainable energy policy development.
We specialize in team building
with other consulting firms and individuals to perfectly match the
needs of our diverse clients.
Susan
Rivo, Associate at Raab Associates, holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Film Production from San Francisco State University. For the past decade, Susan has worked in documentary production while sidelining as a copy editor, proofreader and tutor. In addition to her work at Raab Associates, she is currently involved with several independent documentary projects. She has been with Raab Associates for three and a half years, providing assistance on all of Raab Associates’ projects, including the Rhode Island GHG Process, RGGI, the Vermont Transmission Mediation, the Restructuring Roundtable, the Alberta’s Electricity Market Participant Rules Process, the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Evaluation, and the Vermont’s Energy Future Public Workshop Process.
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