Jeffrey Holmstead
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| Born |
Jeffrey Ralph Holmstead June 20, 1960 Boulder, Colorado, USA |
| Residence | Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University, Utah (BA, economics and English, Summa Cum Laude), 1984 Yale Law School (JD), 1987 |
| Occupation | Lawyer, energy lobbyist |
| Known for | Former deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa (Elizabeth T. Holmstead) |
| Children | 4 (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 |
Jeffrey Ralph "Jeff" Holmstead is an American energy lobbyist and lawyer. He is a partner with Houston-based Bracewell LLP and a former deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration.Bracewell LLP is formerly Bracewell & Giuliani, the international law firm of Rudy Giuliani.
While he was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, Jeff Holmstead sang bass in the choir. 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.
He joined Houston-based Bracewell LLP 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.
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