Background
Lockwood Strategies consults with clients to discover solutions and achieve their ultimate policy goals. We evaluate the issues and objectives from all angles, create a plan, and implement the best and most efficient pathway to achieve success. We are headquartered in Richmond, VA.
About
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Trieste Lockwood
Trieste has over a decade of experience in clean energy policy and advocacy work in Virginia. Prior to starting her consulting practice, she served as a Senior Policy Advisor and Chief Energy Advisor to Governor Ralph S. Northam. Trieste was also a policy advisor to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. During her time in government, she worked on complex energy and climate issues and advised on policy and regulations. Trieste enjoyed engaging with diverse stakeholders and exploring all angles of an issue to achieve results. She led efforts between the Commonwealth and states, countries, businesses, and other organizations to collaborate and achieve shared clean energy goals goals.
Before joining the Governor’s administration, she worked at several non-profit organizations where she engaged in state and federal policy work. She excels at building coalitions, creating and managing work groups, coordinating issue-based campaigns, analyzing policy and regulations, and mediating challenging situations to find solutions. During law school she clerked at a U.S. federal agency and for a Senator on Capitol Hill. Trieste is a frequent public speaker on state energy policies and issues.
She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband and two young girls. On weekends you’ll find her teaching her kids how to ride bikes or going on an outdoor adventure with her family.
Education
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW, Juris Doctor, Certificate of Law & Public Policy, Catholic University Law Review (2015). Bar Admission: VA.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
B.A., B.S., International Studies minor (2008).
Activities & Affiliations
Vice Chair of the City of Richmond Public Utilities and Services Commission
Leadership Metro Richmond, Leadership Quest Class of 2024
Virginia Bar Association & Environmental Law Section member
Governor Northam 2017 Transition Team’s Natural Resources Policy Council facilitator
University of Virginia Sorensen Institute Political Leadership Program graduate
Gallery 5 member of the Board of Directors, Richmond, VA
2018 Top 40 Under 40, Style Weekly, Richmond, VA