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Sandra Jenkins is a program manager in the Grid Controls and Communications Division in the Office of Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy. The programs she manages oversee transmission reliability, renewable integration, sensors, and data analytics.
She has also worked with the U.S. Department of State as a global sustainability advisor. Before coming to Office of Electricity, she worked on the DOE Quadrennial Energy Review in the Energy Policy and Systems Analysis office, focusing on interdependencies with electricity and natural gas.
Sandra earned a master’s degree in technology and policy from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.