Ashton Raffety is a Senior Energy Policy and Strategy Analyst within Argonne National Laboratory’s Division of Decision and Infrastructure Sciences. His work focuses on energy security programming efforts for states and territories, risk analysis studies on critical energy infrastructure systems, and the impact of climate change on utility operations. Prior to Argonne, he worked on critical infrastructure protection issues with the Washington, DC based National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and prior to that he worked as a consultant supporting industry and state/local engagement programs within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). Mr. Raffety received a B.S. in Economics from Northwest Missouri State University and holds a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree from the University of Maryland.