Kelli Roemer is a social scientist at the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM). Kelli supports the implementation of Community Benefit Plans framework and guidance in FECM. Previously, she was at the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development in the Integrated Climate Sciences Division working on equity, resilience, and hazard assessment. Kelli earned her doctorate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University, where she studied community resilience and planning in transitioning coal communities in the US West.