Christy听Woodward

  • Colorado Oil & Gas Association
  • Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs

Christy Woodward听serves as the Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. She leads COGA鈥檚 regulatory strategy. Ms. Woodward has 19 years鈥 experience in civil and environmental engineering design and project management, including Clean Water and Clean Air Act permitting and compliance as well as Wildlife and Cultural assessments for energy projects on Federal Lands. She is an Environmental Engineer who has provided technical support for the oil and gas industry, the homebuilding industry, mining industry, other private clients, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense.听 Ms. Woodward鈥檚 technical experience includes regulatory compliance, permitting, and agency negotiation; planning and implementation of surface and subsurface investigations and remedial evaluations; remedial design and implementation; design and implementation of hydrogeological, hydrological, and sedimentation studies; watershed management projects; and stormwater control projects.

Title: Innovation and Adaptation in Colorado鈥檚 Oil and Natural Gas Industry 鈥撎For several years, housing expansion and development in the Denver-Julesburg Basin and other critical areas around the State has resulted in a rift between neighboring communities and the oil-and-gas industry (OGI) caused by much confusion and fear accompanying a plethora of misinformation.听 This has generated mistrust amongst critical stakeholders.听 The OGI is incredibly technical and innovative, allowing it to thoughtfully and carefully mitigate a variety of concerns.听 However, it doesn鈥檛 always communicate effectively and can be slow to respond in meaningful ways.听 As an Environmental Engineer who now focuses on rulemaking, I have a unique opportunity to foster these innovations and adaptations within our member companies and explain to the public how local communities in Colorado are provided with the cleanest molecules of energy in a truly sustainable way.听 It鈥檚 鈥淭ank to Table Energy鈥 that will serve our society well into the future.