Tricia has worked in international energy development for twenty-two years and is currently the Deputy Program Director responsible for monitoring and evaluation and communications for the Energy Utility Partnership Program. She organized over 15 partnerships in Jordan, Nepal, India, Iraq, Kenya, and East Africa and South Asia regional programs. She spent two years analyzing existing Indian laws and policies regarding renewable energy and climate change and wrote recommendations to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies in the Handbook on Best Practices for the Successful Deployment of Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power in India.

Tricia holds a MA in International Relations from George Washington University. She received a BS in Political Science, a BA in Professional Writing and a Minor in Visual Communications from Carnegie Mellon University. She has studied in Guatemala and is fluent in Spanish.