Biography

With extensive experience in government affairs, energy, environmental policy, and stakeholder engagement, Maryann advises multinational companies, trade associations, and public-sector clients on legislative, regulatory, and permitting challenges across New York. She has helped clients secure environmental and operating permits, advance major energy and manufacturing projects, and shape state policy through successful legislative and regulatory advocacy. Her work has contributed to Title V air permit approvals, permit modifications for large industrial facilities, legislative amendments protecting critical industries, and the advancement of clean energy, renewable fuels, and advanced nuclear initiatives. She has also built broad coalitions of business leaders, labor organizations, local governments, environmental stakeholders, and community organizations to successfully navigate everything from large projects to crisis management plans.

Maryann leads advocacy and strategic consulting efforts for clients spanning the energy, manufacturing, environmental services, and agriculture. She helps clients navigate the legislature and state agencies including the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Public Service Commission (PSC), NYSERDA, Empire State Development, and the Executive Chamber. This work includes legislative advocacy, regulatory strategy, permit support, economic development initiatives, public affairs campaigns, and building broad-based coalitions among elected officials, labor organizations, community leaders, nonprofits, and industry stakeholders. Maryann also provides ongoing legislative intelligence, political analysis, and policy forecasting, helping clients anticipate emerging trends and adapt to New York's rapidly evolving energy and environmental landscape as it relates to cap-and-invest, CLCPA, renewable fuels, methane regulation, and RGGI.

Previously, Maryann spent almost a decade representing all segments of the oil and natural gas industry as Director of Government Affairs responsible for legislative, regulatory, and public policy engagement strategies on behalf of a diverse, multinational membership. Maryann was appointed by Governor George Pataki as Commissioner of the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board at the Department of Labor where she managed the appeals program while supervising over 200 Hearing and Appellate Administrative Law Judges.

Her early career was spent as a Senior Associate at the law firm of Harter, Secrest and Emery LLP, where she advised a wide range of corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and trade associations across a variety of industries including biotechnology, transportation, and energy. She was responsible for advancing legislative and regulatory agendas, developing proposals for government contracts, securing economic development incentives.

Maryann is a member of Women’s Energy Network, a global non-profit devoted to women in the energy sector. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for the Academy of the Holy Names. She graduated magna cum laude from Providence College with a BS in Accounting and received her law degree from Albany Law School.