Sherry Stout

Sherry Stout is the laboratory program manager for NREL's State, Local, and Tribal activities. The program primarily supports the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, the Office of Indian Energy, and the Energy Transitions Initiative. The program also supports numerous community-based energy collaborations, support communities in energy transitions and strategic planning. Sherry also leads programs for rural, remote, and islanded communities in support of multiple DOE offices including the Office of Clean Energy Demonstration.

She has built and/or led multiple technical assistance programs and projects at NREL to serve a diverse group of stakeholders, ranging from American Indian Tribe and Alaska Native Villages to international governments and federal agencies. In her role as Arctic Strategic Program Manager, she provides strategic leadership, technical expertise, and program management across a wide range of diverse research and technology development projects in the pan-arctic regions associated with energy, infrastructure, buildings, resilience assessment, and planning. She is keenly interested in finding ways to better enable partner governments and stakeholders to achieve their energy goals through delivery of technical expertise.