Colin Read
Colin Read is Director of Marketing for ECOtality where he oversees corporate communications, business development and government relations activities centered on electric transportation. Read has significant experience in politics, public relations and traditional media. Before ECOtality, Read was the Assistant Finance Director on a successful congressional campaign for an Arizona Democratic in the 2006 national mid-term election. Before his work in politics, Read worked for Edelman Public Relations in Washington, D.C., one of the top international PR firms. At Edelman, Read worked in the healthcare branch with many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and leading international health organizations. Prior to Edelman, Read worked at Arizona Monthly Magazine, one of the state’s premier politics and lifestyle magazines. Read earned his bachelor’s degree at Claremont McKenna College and his MBA from Arizona State University.
Will present on the Alternative Energy Innovations Panel:
“EV Micro-Climates: Preparing areas for the adoption of electric transportation”
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