In her role as Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Colorado Energy Office, Maria develops and evaluates policy and studies on clean fuels and zero emission vehicles and technologies.  She serves as chair of the Colorado Electric Vehicle Coalition and its Policy and EV Equity subgroups.  She represented the office in the development of the Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub with three other western states.  She was also lead in the development of the 2021 Colorado Low-Carbon Hydrogen Roadmap and 2020 Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan.  Prior to her employment at the Colorado Energy Office, Maria was Coordinator Northern Colorado Clean Cities a US Department of Energy Resource.  She also spent 7 years at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington DC in the Office of Compliance working on air regulatory issues, rulemakings, and voluntary compliance incentives.