​Lisa Tormoen Hickey consults with leading corporations, trade associations, and regulators to promote large infrastructure projects including renewable energy facilities and transmission expansion to enable economic development throughout the western states. She enjoys mixing economic analysis with environmental preservation. Lisa serves on the board of directors of several regional and national organizations, including Gridworks, https://gridworks.org/, and the Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreational Alliance, https://ppora.org/, in addition to her client consulting.  

 

Lisa's professional experience included serving as Senior Regulatory Counsel for the Interwest Energy Alliance, https://interwest.org/, for over 15 years.  Interwest is the leading trade association advocating to expand renewable energy markets on behalf of renewable energy, transmission and energy storage developers working throughout the Intermountain West.  As of January, 2026 she now serves on the Formation Board of the Regional Organization for Western Energy, Inc., which the Pathways Initiative spawned to govern the California-based energy markets formed under CAISO.

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Throughout her career Lisa has represented clients to navigate large real property and business transactions which she enjoys because of the exciting new opportunities and growth through innovation these sales and acquisitions can enable for her individual and business clients. 

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Lisa served District 9 on the Colorado Transportation Commission for several years during the early 2020s.

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Lisa believes in life-long learning and continues to study foreign languages, including French and Norwegian.  Her early education included earning her BA degree from the Colorado College in Colorado Springs, majoring in Economics, followed by earning her JD at the University of Colorado in Boulder where she was able to learn and gain inspiration from the professors who formed the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment.​

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Lisa was raised in a large family in Chicago and a small town in Wisconsin, learning the joys of hard work, outdoor recreation, music, family and old friends. She came to Colorado to attend Colorado College and to study Economics, History and Political Science. Lisa has served as a leader for a number of nonprofit organizations promoting environmental conservation and cultural activities, including the Palmer Conservancy, the Trails and Open Space Coalition, the Colorado Springs Chorale and the Colorado Springs Cycling Club.  She and her husband divide their free time bicycling, exploring wild areas and enjoying music of all types from their home base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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