CCIA's Harley-LeBon and Shapard Discuss Recent Colorado Visibility Meetings in Washington D.C.

Washington DC Update – During the week of March 1, CCIA Executive Director Chris Shapard and Cherylyn Harley-LeBon, CCIA’s Director of Federal Government Relations, traveled to DC to meet with Colorado's U.S. Senators, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, GridWise Alliance, BIO and others on both sides of the political spectrum. Two days of meetings were organized with the purpose of increasing the visibility of Colorado's cleantech community. Issues discussed during the meetings included the federal funding environment for commercialization, differences between cleantech and greentech and the importance of including a discussion of oil and gas technologies in partnership with cleantech. The CCIA was roundly viewed as a credible industry voice in all of the meetings and we anticipate that there will be significant opportunity for future input and collaboration with many of the organizations.



(L-R) Cherylyn Harley-LeBon, CCIA’s Director of Federal Government Relations, and CCIA Executive Director Chris Shapard