Marc Lendermann works as an Economic Counselor with the German Consulate General in San Francisco, covering economic issues in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Prior to his current position, Marc has worked on energy policy issues in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Federal Chancellery. He has studied law as well as European Governance and Administration in Berlin and in France and holds a Ph.D. from the University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.