Dan West
Senior Western Regional Policy Manager
About
Dan joined Clean Air Task Force in 2024 as Senior Western Regional Policy Manager. In this capacity, he leads the work of CATF’s U.S. State Energy and Climate Policy Program in the west to advance pragmatic and durable decarbonization policies at regional and state levels. This work involves close collaboration with government officials, strategic partners, local communities, and other stakeholders.
Dan comes to CATF from Rivian, a U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer, where he served as Director of Public Policy from 2020 to 2024. His work included representing the company and developing and executing policy strategy at the state, federal, and international levels on priorities related to market access, company footprint expansion, and sustainability advocacy.
Prior to Rivian, Dan worked on climate policy in various roles in Washington, D.C., starting in the U.S. Senate on the Senate Committee on Finance under former Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, and later with former Colorado Senator Mark Udall on his Energy and Natural Resources Committee portfolio. He also served in roles as a congressional liaison at NASA, defending the agency’s earth science budget, and at the Natural Resources Defense Council and Audubon.
Dan is originally from Missoula, Montana, and now resides in Seattle, Washington. He holds a B.A. in physics from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and a M.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
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