Jeff Holmstead
Jeffrey Holmstead in 2014.
Born
Jeffrey Ralph Holmstead

(1960-06-20) June 20, 1960
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrigham Young University (BA)
Yale Law School (JD)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, energy lobbyist
Known forFormer deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLisa (Elizabeth T. Holmstead)[1]
Children4 (2 sons, 2 daughters)
Parent(s)Rex Kay Holmstead (father) and Melly (Mary Louise Gillison) Holmstead (mother) - married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1959[2]

Jeffrey Ralph "Jeff" Holmstead (born June 20, 1960) is an American energy lobbyist and lawyer. He is a partner with Houston-based Bracewell LLP[3] and a former deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration.[4][5][6][7][8][9] [10] Bracewell LLP is formerly Bracewell & Giuliani, the international law firm of Rudy Giuliani.

Career

While he was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, Jeff Holmstead sang bass in the choir.[11] He earned degrees in economics and English and decided to study law at Yale. He began his legal career in 1987 after graduation from Yale Law School.

He was appointed and served as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration.[12][13]

He joined Houston-based Bracewell LLP[14] as a lawyer and energy lobbyist and became partner in the firm.

Upon reports that Holmstead might have been appointed to a high-level position in the Environmental Protection Agency or the Trump Cabinet, The Washington Post'' reported that Holmstead had filed a new, revised lobbying disclosure indicating he had dropped all of his longtime lobbying clients, including Duke Energy, DTE Energy, and Ameren, which he had represented since 2007 in his role with Bracewell.[15][16]

Personal life

Jeff Holmstead is one of five children born to Ralph Kay Holmstead and Melly (Mary Louise Gillison) Holmstead, who were married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1959. Three years later, in 1962, they moved to Boulder, Colorado, where they spent 51 years until his death in 2014, and the entire family practiced their Mormon faith, as his family and children continue to do today. He and his father served first as missionaries, then as congregants and bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father had been a missionary in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, where he learned to speak Spanish fluently. His father graduated from BYU at the top of his class, after working his way through college managing a farm, shearing sheep, and finishing cement. He was a businessman, real estate broker, and investor in Boulder, Colorado.

Jeff Holmstead is a lifelong Mormon and remains active and serves as a bishop in his church. He speaks fluent Spanish. He also is a long-time soccer fan. He and his wife, Lisa[17] (Elizabeth T. Holmstead), are both from Colorado and together have four grown children.[18] Since 2013, they had lived in Gaithersburg, Maryland. [19][20][21] Before 2013, they had lived in Washington, D.C. for two years. They enjoy hiking and the outdoors with their family.

Education

References

  1. ↑ Facebook profile page for Lisa Holmstead
  2. ↑ Obituary: R. Kay Holmstead. Published: Feb. 1, 2014 12:00 a.m.
  3. ↑ Bracewell profile page for Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Partner
  4. ↑ "Donald Trump Is Picking His Cabinet: Here's a Shortlist". The New York Times. 12 November 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ LinkedIn profile for Jeff Holmstead
  6. ↑ We All Live Downstream. The Clean Water Blog. Clean Water Action
  7. ↑ Jeff Holmstead, King Coal’s Mercury Pollution Lobbyist
  8. ↑ Gibson, C. Jeff Holmstead, a Coal Lobbyist, Dismissed by Judge in Pollution Lawsuit. September 11, 2014. Greenpeace
  9. ↑ Jeffrey R. Holmstead profile. DeSmog blog. DeSmog: Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science. Citations of Holmstead's work and statements from 2002 through February 2016
  10. ↑ Google Scholar search for publications by and about Jeff Holmdstead
  11. ↑ Full text of "Music programs, 1948-2000" Brigham Young University, College of Fine Arts and Communications, Department of Music
  12. ↑ "Donald Trump Is Picking His Cabinet: Here's a Shortlist". The New York Times. 12 November 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  13. ↑ LinkedIn profile for Jeff Holmstead
  14. ↑ Bracewell profile page for Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Partner
  15. ↑ Ho, C. Wave of lobbyist deregistrations in Trump orbit after announcement of new policy. PowerPost in The Washington Post, November 29, 2016
  16. ↑ Ho, C. Trump administration will ban lobbyists, enact five-year lobbying ban after leaving government/ PowerPost in The Washington Post, November 16, 2016
  17. ↑ Facebook profile page for Lisa Holmstead
  18. ↑ "Nuestros 4 ninos en el dormitorio de Emily en la universidad cuando la dejamos en Boston. Sep. 2008" on Jeff Holmstead's Facebook page
  19. ↑ CityData.com profile for Holmstead's home at 232 Kent Oaks Way
  20. ↑ “Making the Environmental Protection Agency Great Again” Testimony Before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee Tuesday, February 7, 2017
  21. ↑ Archive of Bush WhiteHouse profile for Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Former Assistant Administrator for Air & Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  22. ↑ Personal Facebook profile for Jeff Holmstead tells all of his formal education

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