• Director, Graduate Public Policy Practicum, Stanford University. Teaches climate change policy, health care reform policy, and other public policy courses.

• Principal, Joe Nation Consulting.  Focus on energy, economic, and environmental issues, particularly carbon reduction strategies and carbon offsets. Clients include PG&E, RAND, the Sonoma County Water Agency, Our Petaluma, ENVIRON International, and others.

• Member, Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee (EAAC), California Air Resources Board’s (CARB).  Responsible for developing a carbon allocation mechanism. Chair the EAAC’s Legal Issues Sub-Committee.

• Member, CARB Market Advisory Committee (MAC). Authored the MAC report’s sections on offsets and linkages.

• Member, California State Assembly, 2000-2006, represented Marin and Sonoma counties.  Rules Committee Chair, 2002-2004.

• Principal co-author, AB 32, Global Warming Solutions Act. Authored 50 additional bills including greenhouse gas labeling for autos, fuel efficiency standards for tires, tax incentives for alternative energy, health care benefit expansion, transportation, and education issues.

• B.A., Economics, German and French, University of Colorado; M.S., Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis, RAND Graduate School; Post-doctoral fellowship, Stanford University.