Shabnam Fardanesh

Shabnam (Shab) Fardanesh is the sustainable acquisition coordinator at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Sustainability Support. She is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in environmental sustainability, sustainable acquisition, fleet management, and alternative fuel technologies. She leads the DOE GreenBuy Program, which provides agency sites with direction and incentives for purchasing products with strong environmental attributes. In 2009 and 2010, Shab served as a senior program manager for the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, assisting with Executive Order (E.O.) 13514 implementation with a special emphasis on sustainable transportation. She also served in the energy branch of the Office of Management and Budget in 2005, working on energy efficiency projects. Shab has managed compliance activities and drafted guidance documents for all Federal fleets in meeting requirements for the Energy Policy Acts of 1992 and 2005, E.O. 13149, and E.O. 13423. Shab also chaired the Interagency Committee on Alternative Fuels and Low Emission Vehicles (INTERFUEL), comprised of energy and environmental officials from more than 30 agencies, coordinating policy and programs for fleet sustainability and environmental management from 2000 to 2007.