Biography

Ms. Klein is Principal of Klein Energy, LLC, an energy consulting company based in Austin, Texas, a position she has held since she founded the firm in 2006. Ms. Klein served on the Board of the Lower Colorado River Authority, including as Chair, from 2007 to 2013. Previously, Ms. Klein was the Chair of the Texas Public Utility Commission from 2001 to 2004. Ms. Klein also worked for KPMG Consulting (now Deloitte) where she headed the development of the Office of Government Affairs and Industry Relations in Washington, D.C., from 2000 to 2001. Ms. Klein has served on the board of Avista Corp., a publicly traded utility in the Pacific Northwest since 2010, and Diamondback Energy, a publicly traded oil and natural gas company since 2022. Ms. Klein is a Board member of Los Alamos Technical Associates, a privately held environmental remediation and engineering company, since 2022. She is also the Founder and a director of the Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute since 2015. Ms. Klein serves on the Advisory Board of Saber Partners, a financial advisory firm specializing in utility securitizations, since 2006. Ms. Klein retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel. Ms. Klein earned a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. She also holds a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University, a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Stanford University, and a Master of Business Administration from MIT.