Marcella Burke

SPAC Board of Directors and Advisory Council -

Independent Director (legal & Regulatory)

  • Former Head of the Houston Environmental, Health & Safety practice, King & Spalding, LLP & Global Energy Transition Initiatives leader

  • Client counsel in energy sector, including conventional oil & gas, renewables, carbon capture, energy technology, permitting & other natural resource issues

  • U.S. Department of the Interior, Deputy Solicitor for the Division of Mineral Resources, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC

  • Environmental Protection Agency, Deputy General Counsel, Washington, DC

  • Former global energy attorney, Akin Gump Hauer & Feld LLP

  • Extensively published on HSE, CCS, climate change & current global energy transition challenges

  • National Law Journal Energy/Environmental Law Trailblazer Award 2021

  • Board Member, Energy ESG Council

  • Community Service: Sky High 4 Kids Ambassador, Pontifical International Observatory, Semper Fi Injured Marines Fund

  • University of Houston Law Center - J.D.

  • Texas A&M University - B.A.