EVO Board member Larisa Dobriansky was elected unanimously by the Board of Directors of EVO to be its Secretary, effective June 22, 2007. Dobriansky is senior advisor to the law firm of Baker & Hostetler on environmental and energy matters relating to clean energy technology commercialization, with a principal focus on developing new financing instruments, policies, and institutional structures that can interact to spur technology innovation and manage risks associated with the deployment of advanced energy technologies. In her prior role as Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Ms. Dobriansky coordinated and provided strategic policy direction for Departmental activities to implement national energy policy objectives.