Kara is the President and CEO of the AnnDyl Policy Group, an energy and environmental strategy firm that specializes in policy solutions to advance smart, efficient, and renewable energy technologies. Through her firm she also serves as the Chief Policy Officer of the Building Performance Association.  With over twenty-five years of experience in advocacy strategy, government affairs, and media relations, Kara is a leading energy and climate policy expert. She has directed national policy, communications, and grassroots campaigns aimed at the Administration and Congress on tax, appropriations, and authorization issues for national and international corporations and non-profit organizations.  Kara was a leading advocate engaged in the bipartisan infrastructure law (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) including spearheading the development and passage of the Home Energy Rebate Programs.  Kara has been quoted in the past year on these laws in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Politico, NPR, Canary Media, EE News, Bloomberg and others.

Kara has testified before Congressional and state legislative committees, led delegations to the UNFCCC climate negotiations, and authored numerous papers on energy efficiency, climate change, and smart technology. Kara served as the founding Executive Director of the National Home Performance Council and serves today as the founding President of Smart-on-Smart and The Flex Coalition. Prior to founding AnnDyl, Kara worked on climate and energy policy in the for-profit and non-profit sectors after beginning her career as a legislative staffer on Capitol Hill. Kara holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego.