Dylan Reed is a Senior Advisor for External Affairs with the Grid Deployment Office (GDO) at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, he oversees stakeholder engagement and legislative affairs for GDO program divisions. He was most recently a political consultant working as a member of the senior team for a bipartisan national clean energy campaign directly overseeing government affairs engagement. Previously, he worked at Advanced Energy Economy serving in a multitude of roles, including to lead congressional affairs and direct state engagement in Florida, Indiana, and Virginia. Dylan holds a Master of Public Administration from George Washington University and history and political science degrees from Lebanon Valley College.