Heather Deese serves as the Senior Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Dandelion Energy, the nation's leading installer of home geothermal heating and cooling systems. Heather has been engaged in energy and environmental policy, environmental research, and community development for more than two decades, in roles with government, academia, industry, and nonprofit organizations. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maine, an M.S. awarded jointly by MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and a B.S. from Georgetown University.