Subject: Follow up to our conversation
From: Bracken Hendricks <[email-masked]>
To: Carol Browner <[email-masked]>
Cc: Carol Browner <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:11:58 -0500

Hi Carol,

Thanks so much for making the time to speak with me on Tuesday.  I  
appreciate how busy this time is, and was glad to have a chance to  
talk as you are putting together your team.

I want to offer a few further thoughts in response to your question on  
the specific contributions that I would bring to the daily work of  
your office.

There will be an ongoing need for someone on your climate and energy  
staff, specifically focused on inter-agency coordination in those  
areas directly related to economic development, housing,  
infrastructure and jobs.  As you suggested, the position will have a  
roll in creating accountability -- both positively as a cheerleader  
and in enlisting the full commitment and work of agency staff in  
meeting White House priorities.  This person will need to be engaged  
in supporting their policy development to ensure that these key  
agencies keep the green dimensions of their mission high in their  
priorities.

The position we discussed will require proficiency in a broad range of  
skills from direct policy engagement, to public communications,  
legislative strategy, budget, and project management.  In addition, it  
will require specific knowledge not only of climate and clean energy  
issues, but of housing finance, infrastructure policy, regulatory  
affairs, and workforce development.

I believe that I can be useful in all of these areas, and can serve as  
a strategic resource to you in linking environmental and economic  
development efforts.  In addition, I have long experience and trust  
working with the labor, urban, clean tech business, and housing  
communities, and can bring those relationships to bear to engage  
outside stakeholders as political allies in support of global warming  
solutions that build a low carbon economy.

Again, I am honored to be considered for a position as a member of  
your core team, and I think that I can bring focused analysis,  
specific understanding of the economic development implications of the  
climate crisis, and a deep set of relationships with core  
constituencies and agencies, in support of the effectiveness of your  
office and in service to the incoming President.

I look forward to working with you as we move into a new administration.

Many thanks and best regards,
Bracken

Cell: 301-502-0532