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(BILLIE) JEANINE HULL

WASHINGTON, DC *****

PH: 202-***-****

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APPLICATION FOR ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE ATTORNEY

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

PROFILE

Corporate and litigating attorney who is also a mediator, trainer and professional coach, adept at de-escalating and resolving volatile situations and disputes while maintaining confidentiality;

Collaborative and creative consensus builder; strong 360 degree interpersonal and organizational skills;

Able to visualize full picture and focus attention on each detail, values accuracy, promptness, and courtesy;

Accomplished public speaker and effective communicator in person, on social media and in expository and persuasive documents.

EXPERIENCE

Major Accomplishments / Achievements:

• As chair of a national trade association, led a 5 year collaborative effort to develop and implement organization’s first strategic plan. Represented the association in public policy outreach and educational efforts targeted to state and federal legislators, regulators and citizens groups to develop support for a more competitive electric power industry. Elected president/chair of several national and state trade and professional associations.

• Resolved disputes, through litigation, negotiation or mediation, for commercial clients which resulted in recoveries exceeding One Billion US Dollars. My mediation settlement rate is 92%.

• Drafted and organized support for legislation to establish a cap and trade program for air pollution. Required facilitating intense collaboration and communications with wide array of interest groups and decision-makers.

• • Author of “Wired for Disconnection: Working through Anger, Conflict and Trauma,” intended to be a handbook on how to diffuse the frequency and intensity of conflict using the body’s own clues. Publication late 2017.

• Corporate compliance officer for ten companies with no penalties or reported infractions.

Founder, Principal Commercial Mediator, January 2013-Present

Center for Transforming Conflict Washington, DC

CTC provides organizational training, mediation, facilitation, and professional coaching services. As founder and principal commercial mediator, my role is to guide disputants through resolution of workplace-related disputes, organize facilitated discussions and option-generating sessions, and coach individuals on effective inter-personal engagement styles.

• Assisted in the resolution of disputes involving members of boards of directors, contractual conflicts (the bulk of my commercial work), and employment issues.

• Periodically conduct six-week seminars on the neuroscience of conflict and provide seasonal workshops on restoring and maintaining family harmony.

• Regular speaker to professional, school and church groups on how being wired for connection makes us wired for conflict, and how to manage our wiring.

• Extremely high (92%) rate of satisfaction with mediation outcome.

Founder, President April 2, 1997–2014

Strategic Energy Advisors, Inc. 3804 Albemarle St. 2nd Fl. Washington, DC

• Advised senior level executives and boards of directors of clients, orally and in writing, on regulatory and legislative developments, about the impact on, and opportunities for the client’s business.

• Served as general counsel to eight companies during their start up and operations phases. Selected and implemented the appropriate corporate form, secured corporate financing, advised on governance matters, drafted risk management policies and procedures, corporate ethics, and drafted and defended regulatory filings.

• Ensured compliance with securities and commodities regulatory requirements; advised on compliance with governmental rules and regulations relating to interactions with members and staff of various commissions and departments.

• Served in ombudsman capacity to resolve strategic, tactical, and inter-personal issues between and among members of company boards of directors, senior executives and third parties.

• Managed a multi-disciplinary team of professionals (credit analysts, risk analysts, commodity exchange operators, clearinghouse specialists and attorneys) which created the contractual and operational structure for the first “physical” clearinghouse for energy commodity transactions in the U.S.

• Testified as an expert witness before the U.S. Senate on creation of a federal clean energy financing authority (July 15, 2008 and April 28, 2009).

• Regular speaker at industry and professional conferences 1988-2009.

Partner, Sr. Vice President 1998–2001

Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P, One World Trade Center, New York, NY

• Conceived the structure for TradeSparkTM, the first exchange to allow physical settlement of natural gas and electricity contracts and their derivatives, as well as weather and climate derivatives. Selected and supervised the multi-disciplinary team that developed and built the platform.

• Negotiated joint venture between Cantor Fitzgerald and PJM Interconnection LLC, a regional (electrical) transmission operator, to combine the physical markets of PJM with the financial markets of Cantor to increase financial and physical efficiencies, reduce risk to buyers and sellers, and reduce costs to consumers.

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel 1988-1997

LG&E Energy Corp. Fairfax, Virginia

• Corporate compliance officer for activities covered by laws relating to foreign corrupt practices, environmental, securities, governmental contracting, and state and federal election, lobbying and political action. Investigated potential violations. Drafted, advised and enforced and corporate ethics and guidelines. No penalties imposed during my tenure.

• Managed all legislative and regulatory activities for the non-franchised companies. Analyzed draft legislation regulations for impact on the Company, and briefed executive management in writing and orally. Represented the Company before federal and state regulatory bodies and Congress, through testimony and educational programs. Coordinated activities with diverse constituencies in support of mutual legislative and regulatory goals.

• Drafted legislation enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Elected president of national and state trade associations for independent power producers, Co-Chair of American Bar Association Section on and managed its legislative program. Explained impact of proposed changes to Members of Congress, the media and other interested parties.

• Created and presented community educational and engagement programs for localities where the company intended to build powerplants. After a site was acquired, held numerous forums to educate community leaders and the broader community on what was involved in hosting the powerplant, on air, water and other pollution controls, and to listen to their concerns. Successful in all sites I managed, with one exception (located near a national forest).

Kirkpatrick and Lockhart and Lane and Edson, P.C. (now K&L Gates LLP) (1985 to 1987) Project Finance counsel. Assisted on project financings. Responsible for federal regulatory matters for client independent power projects.

Counsel; Energy and Commerce Committee (1981 to 1985), John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chair. Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power. Responsible for all nuclear issues and electricity in general. Maintained “Q” Clearance.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA

Lecturer, Energy and Environment Seminar. Congressional Intern (Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Washington, DC). Governor’s Intern (California).

B.A. with Honors, Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

BAR MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

District of Columbia Bar (active in good standing)

State of California Bar (inactive in good standing)

American Bar Association. Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Vice Chair, Committee on Energy Industry Restructuring, Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions. (Two terms)

Consumer Energy Council of America (Member, Board of Directors)

Electric Power Supply Association and Electrical Generators Association National trade association. Chair (two terms)

Independent Energy Producers Association California trade association. Chair (two terms)

National Independent Energy Producers, National trade association, Chair, Legislative Committee and Transmission Committee.

Forty Plus of Washington, DC. Gold Level Facilitator.

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