As Economic Development Program Manager for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Drew Kramer is responsible for working with the wholesale power supplier’s 41 member utilities to foster economic prosperity in their rural communities across a 200,000 square mile service territory covering parts of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Drew develops and maintains productive working relationships with regional, state and local economic development agencies and organizations and provides a voice for rural utilities in forums addressing such critical challenges as housing, broadband and workforce.

In over a dozen years at Tri-State, Drew has conceived and managed community engagement programs to support the company’s generation, transmission and mining operations. He has served on boards and committees for several organizations, including: the National Rural Economic Developers Association; Economic Development Council of Colorado; Craig (Colo.) Chamber of Commerce; Club 20; Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado; Adams County (Colo.) Regional Economic Partnership; Wyoming Economic Development Association; Nebraska Economic Developers Association; New Mexico IDEA; Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Institute for Science & Policy; and the Rocky Mountain Institute’s eLab Accelerator program. He has significant experience in public speaking and is a skilled writer.

Prior to joining Tri-State, Drew held a senior position at a Denver public affairs firm consulting with government and private sector clients on the responsible development of energy, natural resources and transportation projects. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade in various communications and public policy positions in Washington, D.C. and New York City. A Montana native and Boston sports fan, Drew holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and resides in Denver with his wife, Brett, and sons Oliver and Channing.