Sarah Vondracek is a manager at ScottMadden, focusing on electric utility grid modernization through strategic planning, rate case management, and program development. She joined ScottMadden in 2020 after receiving an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Before graduate school, she worked as an environmental specialist at NRG Energy, where she managed the chemical storage and water compliance programs for approximately 20 electricity generating stations and tracked environmental regulations.