Melissa Lavinson is the Executive Director of the Office of Energy Transformation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She previously served as Head of Corporate Affairs, leading National Grid’s state and municipal government relations, community and stakeholder engagement, media relations, municipal customer management, strategic communications, and the company’s Equity in Energy initiative and Grid for Good philanthropic program in New England. Previously, Lavinson was Senior Vice President of Federal Government and Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy at Exelon Corporation and Senior Vice President of Governmental and External Affairs for Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI). Lavinson also was Vice President of Federal Affairs and Policy and Chief Sustainability Officer at PG&E Corporation. Earlier in her career, she worked at MRW and Associates and in ICF Consulting’s Climate Change Practice. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hamilton College.