Heather Reams

Heather Reams is a nationally recognized energy policy and political strategist with more than three decades of experience in public affairs, politics, business, and high-stakes stakeholder engagement. She is widely recognized as an expert in building center-right energy and climate strategies and deploying bipartisan coalitions to address complex regulatory and policy challenges.

Today, Heather serves as President and CEO of Conexus Strategies, advising organizations navigating federal policy related to energy, advanced technology, infrastructure, and economic development. Her trusted, long-standing relationships with policymakers are grounded in years of substantive policy work, credibility, and practical problem-solving. She draws on a decade of leadership at one of the nation's most influential clean energy advocacy organizations, where she established center-right clean energy engagement as a durable force in Washington policy discussions.

Heather has built a reputation for helping organizations move from policy ambition to policy achievement. By combining strategic judgment, trusted relationships, and a proven ability to build bipartisan consensus, she helps clients and stakeholders identify opportunities, engage decisionmakers effectively, and advance practical solutions that endure beyond political cycles and deliver measurable results.

A frequent commentator about energy and the environment, Heather has been featured on NPR, FOX News, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, WSJ, Guardian, Washington Examiner, Politico, and The Atlantic, among others. 
 
Heather volunteers her time supporting energy and conservation causes including serving as Vice President of Foundation for the National Laboratory of the Rockies, the board of the American Conservation Coalition Action, and as a member of the National Academies Forum on Energy Systems Transformation and Decarbonization.