Beverly K. Marshall

Vice President, Governmental Affairs

Marshall is an accomplished government relations professional and expert in energy and federal affairs. She joined NEI as senior director of federal programs in May 2014 and was elected vice president of governmental affairs in January 2017.

She is responsible for NEI’s governmental affairs division, which implements policies, strategies and tactics that advocate the nuclear industry’s public policy goals and objectives. The division represents the industry before Congress, state legislatures, and other political and public policy bodies and forums. It coordinates its nuclear energy advocacy with NEI members, business, labor, environmental and other groups and develops and coordinates grass-roots support for nuclear energy issues.

Before joining NEI, Marshall was vice president of federal policy and government affairs for Duke Energy Corp., managing the company’s Washington, D.C., office and serving as Duke’s primary liaison with members of Congress and congressional staff. Before Duke, she served as Southern California Edison’s Washington representative and as legislative director for the late Michael Oxley, U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 4th congressional district and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Originally from Montana, Marshall serves on the boards of directors for the Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange, the Ripon Society and the Women’s Energy Resource Council.