Virginia "VA" Stephens

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VA has just completed work as the Director of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group, while serving as Chief of Staff to PUC Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty - at the direct assignment of Governor Abbott.

Prior to becoming Chief of Staff to PUC Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty, VA worked in state and federal government as well as the private sector for many years. She last worked with Commissioner Glotfelty when they were both on the White House Interagency Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining - he was in the Secretary of Energy's office, and she was at the White House Council on Environmental Quality during the Bush-Cheney Administration.

She has also worked at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Department of Agriculture, the State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor's office, and the Governor's office. She successfully ran her own legislative and regulatory consulting practice for over a decade, focusing primarily on water, energy, small business, local government, and cultural issues.

She is a graduate of UT Austin's Plan II Honors Program.