Christine Casey, Deputy Secretary, Freight Policy

In her current role, Christine focuses on freight and goods movement, port issues, CalSTA’s Port and Freight Infrastructure Program, hydrogen, and off-shore wind. Before joining the team at CalSTA, Christine served as a committee consultant with the Assembly Transportation Committee, where her portfolio included air quality and climate change issues, mobile source programs, zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure, freight and goods movement, and sustainable communities strategies. Previously, Christine was Director of Partner Engagement at the California Council on Science and Technology, a non-profit that partners with academic and research institutions across the state to advance science-based policy. Christine also worked as a Budget Analyst with the Department of Finance, where she developed and administered budgets for departments in the California Environmental Protection Agency and served as the lead fiscal and policy analyst for the state's Cap and Trade Program. Christine began her career in policy as a CCST Science Fellow with a placement in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing.

Christine earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York, Brockport and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biology from the University of Rochester. She completed a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Diego.