Jennifer Schafer is the President of Cascade Associates, a governmental affairs consulting firm located in Washington, DC.  Cascade Associates primarily represents the energy efficiency community, companies and organizations. The firm advocates policies that advance the position of energy efficiency and clean energy technology in an environmentally-friendly manner, and works to ensure adequate research, development and demonstration funding for such technologies.

Ms. Schafer has more than twenty years of public policy experience in energy and environmental issues.  She began her work in governmental affairs for private clients in 1992 and has worked extensively with several Congressional Committees and Offices.  Ms. Schafer began her Washington tenure at the office of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, later serving as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy.  

In her capacity as President of Cascade Associates, Ms. Schafer is serving her 20th year as the Executive Director of the Federal Performance Contracting Coalition (FPCC) representing companies involved in Energy Savings Performance Contracting with the Federal government.  The FPCC worked to permanently authorize the EPSC program, address agency challenges in use of ESPC, expand the ESPC statute and secure funding for grant programs, among other things.  The FPCC meets regularly with representatives of the Executive and Legislative branches of government to ensure “more, better and faster” performance contracting and to otherwise improve the program.

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