As Acting Vice President for Federal Policy, Alison leads TWS’s national public policy advocacy efforts, overseeing a department of government relations, legal, national policy campaign, and scientific professionals. An attorney who until recently led our legal team, Alison has nearly two decades of experience in public land and conservation law, policy, and advocacy. Before joining TWS in 2014, Alison litigated environmental cases with the Rocky Mountain Office of Earthjustice and served as a law clerk for the late Justice Gregory Hobbs Jr. on the Colorado Supreme Court. She graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Colorado Law School, where she served as a research assistant for the late Charles Wilkinson.