YPE Washington, DC

Isabel Lane is a public affairs advisor at Holland & Knight LLP, working with its energy team to implement regulatory and legislative solutions for clients in the energy and environment space.

In this capacity, Ms. Lane works with numerous ad hoc coalitions and formal associations to design and implement coordinated federal advocacy strategies involving energy, environment, natural resources, agriculture, nutrition and related tax matters. She also serves as the coordinator of a Washington, D.C.-based ad hoc coalition of Arctic environmental researchers, climate scientists and international policy professionals engaged on climate issues. Her writing on energy and environment-related topics has been featured in publications such as Pratt’s Energy Law Report, Law360, and The Current, a quarterly publication of the Women’s Council on Energy and Environment (WCEE).

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Lane spent six years serving as an assistant editor at a renewable fuels trade publication where she reported on industry and policy developments in the biofuels and renewable chemical sectors. She also worked as an associate at a government relations firm in Northern Virginia, where she provided legislative monitoring and federal advocacy services for several municipal clients, focusing on transportation, infrastructure and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues.

Ms. Lane has additional experience with energy and environment issues from her time involved with the House Committee on Natural Resources and in the offices of U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio).

Alla Lipsky served as director of DC chapter of Young Professionals in Energy from 2013-2019. Alla is the Energy Practice Group Specialist at Skadden.

Previously, she was the Membership Programs Manager at the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), a leading renewable energy organization that convenes thought leadership forums and creates energy industry partnerships to communicate the economic, security and environmental benefits of renewable energy.

Alla graduated from Dickinson College with a major in International Business & Management and minors in Economics and Russian. During her undergraduate studies, she studied abroad at Charles University, in Prague, Czech Republic, and Russian State University for the Humanities, in Moscow, Russia.