mr. devito, counselor to mr. zinke. mr. devito has responsibility for coordinating policy over the bureaus, as well as with other government agencies. he has been an advocate for the role of advanced energy that it should play in the trump administration's energy policy. he previously held several roles in the department of energy and in many state energy offices. following his address, mr. devito will be joined on stage for a conversation with cynthia quarterman, a fellow here at our energy center met -- center. she has played roles in the department of transportation and interior. including, serving as former director of the minerals management service in the clinton administration. there is no one better to lead a conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and american water. so, it is a pleasure to welcome to the podium mr. devito. >> thank you, i appreciate that. thank you for coming today and listening to us. hopefully you'll have good takeaways that you can share and we continue this discussion.

mr. vincent devito, counselor to second zinke. her has responsible for coordinating energy policy of the many individual bury rows as well as with other government agencies and has been an advocate near role that advanced energy cack and should play in the trump administration's energy policy. he previously held several senior leadership roles at the u.s. department of energy and in many state energy offices. following his address, mr. devito will be joined on stage for an armchair conversation with cynthia quarterman, fellow here she has send in key leadership roles in the department of transportation, and the department of the interior, including serve has former direct orow in minerals management service in the clinton administration image think of no one better to lead a pragmatic and frank conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and american weares. so, i without further adieu it's a pleasure to wok to the podium vincent devito. [applause] >> thank you. an outstanding introduction. appreciate it. than

mr. devito. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council. my >>> good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic council. my name sis david livingston an i am a deputy direction or -- director here at our energy ce

mr. devito. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council. my >>> good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic council. my name sis david livingston an i am a deputy direction or -- director here at our energy center, responsible for advanced energy and climate portfolio. as we work to build a robust program aimed at technology, policies and markets of torr

mr. vincent devito. [applause] >> that is an outstanding introduction i appreciate it. thank you everybody for coming today and hopefully you have good takeaways to share thank you from the atlantic council to put this together and everybody i love that you started with the stats, but i never use them. one of the things i've learned being the interior is the enormity of the department and its responsibilities. one of the things that wasn't mentioned as w is the second-lat producer of hydroelectricity in the nation which is remarkable and i was excited to learn that because the background was focused on the energy space. i've been able to bring some of that background to bear as well. the department also spans 12 time zones believe it or not we have about 70,000 employees and about 2600 operations by some measures at least with the scientists we managed the largest holdings of energy resources. before i started saying that publicly. for quite some time i do call them holdings because what we are doing is managing these assets not on behalf of the government, but on behal