Cheryl Lombard

Cheryl Lombard leads the Power, Infrastructure, and Minerals program at ClearPath. This includes ClearPath’s work on permitting reform, electricity markets, transmission, energy generation, and critical minerals to advance our cutting-edge policy solutions on clean energy and industrial innovation. As a long-time leader in state policy and advisor to Governors, Cheryl leads ClearPath’s new work in key states to amplify clean energy policy.

Cheryl has been one of the recognized public policy leaders, most recently in Arizona, where she previously was the President and CEO of Valley Partnership, a regional trade association for real estate development. With Valley Partnership, she received numerous appointments to represent the real estate development industry, including the Arizona Colorado River Reconsultation Committee, Arizona Drought Contingency Steering Committee, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Augmentation & Innovation Council, Co-Chair of the Arizona Post-2025 Active Management Area Committee, and Arizona House Speaker appointed member of the Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation Policy Committee. She received the 2022 Arizona Capitol Times Leaders of the Year in Public Policy Award for Trade Associations and is a regular commentator in the national media on water and transportation issues.

Before joining Valley Partnership, Cheryl was the Government Relations Director for The Nature Conservancy. While with the Conservancy, she served as the Co-Chair of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s Transition Committee on State Lands and a Member of Governor Jan Brewer’s Transition Team. She also received the 2010 Arizona Capitol Times Leaders of the Year in Public Policy Award for the Environment and many other awards and honors. She also worked for two Republican Members of Congress, a noted California public affairs firm, and an election attorney.