Kourtney Vaccaro

Kourtney Vaccaro was a Commissioner of the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (California Energy Commission) from 2022 to 2023. She was Advisor to Commissioner Karen Douglas at the California Energy Commission from 2019 to 2022, where she held multiple positions from 2009 to 2019, including Chief Counsel, Assistant Executive Director of Compliance Assistance and Enforcement, Attorney III and Hearing Advisor. She was a Partner at Vu Vaccaro LLP from 2012 to 2013 and held multiple positions at the Fair Political Practices Commission from 2006 to 2009, including Enforcement Division Chief. Vaccaro worked as an attorney at Best Best & Krieger LLP; Freeman, D’Aiuto, Pierce, Gurev & Keeling; and Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard. She earned a Juris Doctor degree and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.  

Email: kourtney.vaccaro@cpuc.ca.gov