Elissa Slocum has more than a decade of experience leading strategic planning, evaluation, communications, and market research work in the energy efficiency space. Her work spans single‑program and portfolio‑level efforts, with expertise in process evaluation, qualitative research, participant engagement, program and portfolio planning, and marketing strategy. She works closely with utilities and stakeholders to translate research findings into actionable insights that inform program design, implementation, and performance improvement.
Elissa has led and managed complex evaluation and planning efforts for utilities across the country, including regulatory filings, potential studies, process and impact evaluations, attribution studies, and long-term portfolio planning. She has played a key role in developing multiyear energy efficiency, electrification, and demand response portfolio proposals, coordinating measure research, modeling, and developing regulatory filings.
Her experience also includes user experience research, market studies, pilot evaluations, and design of marketing and education efforts. Elissa is known as a strong systems thinker with a high level of attention to detail and a collaborative, client focused approach.
Elissa holds a master’s degree in business administration from Brandeis University and a bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College.