Tamara Jones

Tamara Jones is Director of Municipal Energy Efficiency Programs at Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and has overall responsibility for strategic planning, program development, and management of a range of municipal energy efficiency projects and policy across the Southeast.

She administers the BetterBuildings program grant from the Department of Energy to ramp-up energy efficiency building retrofits in their communities.

Prior to working at SEEA, Tamara served as the Director of Program Development and Government Relations at Southface, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that promotes environmentally sustainable homes, workplaces, and communities through education, research, advocacy, and technical assistance.

Tamara has also served as Director of Policy & Management Analysis in both the Mayor’s Office and the Department of Finance at the City of Atlanta, and as Deputy Director of Grants Development for City of Houston Mayor Bill White.

Ms. Jones holds a a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Long Island University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Yale University.