Former Special Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure
Swanson was most recently Special Advisor in DOE’s Office of International Affairs after serving as Special Assistant in that office and to the Chief of Staff. Swanson was previously the Director of Rapid Response at the Florida Democratic Party. Prior to that, she worked as former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke’s Iowa Press Secretary during his presidential campaign and NextGen America’s Iowa Media Manager. Swanson was previously a Solar Justice Research Fellow at MPower Oregon, where she focused on identifying hurdles and solutions to adopting more solar installations on affordable housing buildings. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, she majored in Environmental Studies with a concentration on the politics of greenhouse gas emission reduction among G20 nations.