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Matt Klopfenstein is a Legislative Advocate and Legal Advisor at Cal Advisors, representing clients in legislative and regulatory arenas. Matt specializes in technology, energy, environmental, water, transportation, and local government policymaking, covering a wide breadth of high-profile issues. Matt works with a variety of the firm’s clients on further the deployment of distributed generation, clean vehicle rebate programs and increasing funding for electric vehicles (EV) and EV infrastructure. Matt is also a regular speaker at conferences on environmental policy and land use. Before joining Cal Advisors, Matt worked as a law clerk representing local government agencies. Matt obtained his J.D. degree and the Capitol Certificate in Public Law & Policy from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif with Great Distinction. He received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara where he majored in English.

Nathaly Teran is a Senior Legislative Aide to Assemblywoman Luz Rivas. She is responsible for staffing several policy areas including Assembly Health Committee, utilities, energy, environmental quality, natural resources and water, and others. In her role she helps research, craft, and analyze legislation.

Prior to joining Assemblywoman Luz Rivas’ office, she was a Legislative Aide to Senator Susan Rubio and responsible for staffing the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications and Governmental Organization Committees. Before that role, she was a Special Assistant to Senator Ben Hueso. 

Nathaly was born and raised in Westminster, CA. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz where she double majored in Politics and Legal Studies. Nathaly participated in the UCDC program where she interned for U.S. Senator Patty Murray and had her issue brief on gun violence published by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Nathaly is a member of California Women in Energy. She is starting her Master’s in Public Policy and Administration this fall at Sacramento State. On her free time she loves to cook plant based food, upkeep her houseplants, and catch up with friends and family.

Lillian Mirviss is the Government Affairs Senior Manager at the Center for Sustainable Energy. As a strategic communicator and project manager focused on energy policy, Lillian walks (virtual) halls of the capitol to promote decarbonization legislation and push California toward its climate goals. Prior to Center for Sustainable Energy, Lillian was a Government Affairs Manager at OhmConnect, a residential Demand Response startup, and she began her career working for the State at the California Energy Commission. Lillian has a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Bachelor of Arts in Geology-Biology from Brown University. Outside of work, Lillian loves to backpack with her dog and is learning to white water kayak, enabling her to explore new sides of California every weekend.