Arushi Sharma Frank is an energy and environmental law & policy veteran with 15 years of experience showcasing mastery of complex project management in sustainability, environmental and electricity fields. Her work includes permitting and environmental advocacy before the White House (Obama Administration - Executive Order 13604 et seq. - Federal Permitting Improvement, OMB/OIRA, CEQ), several energy, environmental and commodity regulators (CFTC, DOE, USACE, USFWS, EPA, FERC, DOT PHMSA), and multiple state and local regulatory entities. She also provides subject matter, messaging, and relationship management expertise for bipartisan communication with legislative arms of both federal and state governments. She is Principal at Luminary Strategies, a Wash. DC firm providing project consulting services in complex energy, environment, and sustainability areas. The firm also provides talent pipeline development services and strives to help energy companies and people inside these companies thrive, so we can all be luminaries in our lifetime and secure a world we want our future generations to live in.
Sharma Frank’s work has shaped energy and environmental policy, as well as technical and legal compliance and governance structures: achievements that have at various turns, catapulted companies and represented industries to new levels of success, or reformed sluggish status quos to enable resiliency, reliability, and prosperity. She specializes in achieving these objectives with focused leadership on complex project management and driving shared goals across industry sectors and government bodies. Sharma Frank's career wins also include shaping visions for, and partnering with, dozens of think tanks, trade associations, nonprofits, academic, and government research institutions to create energy market design principles that are driving legislation, utility program design, and retail market innovation across the United States. In all of her roles, Sharma Frank has also directly advised executives and management at energy companies, providing a platform for her to develop a unique toolkit of executive strategy, coaching, and management skills. She is a licensed attorney in Maryland. Among her professional accomplishments, Sharma Frank was twice-appointed to the CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (by Gary Gensler and Timothy Massad), and was a founding member and vice chair of the Aggregated Distributed Energy Task Force of the Texas Public Utility Commission. She is a regular contributor to government and academic studies and reports.
