After getting a B.A. in public policy and psychology from Duke University and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, Alyssa worked as a briefing attorney for a U.S. Magistrate and a U.S. Senior District Judge. She then joined Statoil in 2008 doing business development for oil and gas projects, primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, but also Canada and the Bahamas. In 2016 and 2017, she did the commercial negotiations work for U.S. offshore wind for Statoil’s renewable energy department. In August of 2017, she moved to Oslo to manage a team of international negotiators and work on international business development projects. In January of 2019, she returned to her hometown of Houston, during which time she has managed a variety of different commercial teams, providing commercial support for conventional, unconventional, and renewables projects offshore NA. She is an officer of 10 Equinor entities, including Equinor Wind US LLC. In addition, she a member of the AIEN model contracts review committee and CCUS and ESG task forces. She is a member of the executive subcommittee for OOC, and the chair of the alternative energy/ESG committee for the OCS Advisory Board.