Ms. Lippert currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Z FEDERAL. As an outside member, she provides the Board with a valuable external perspective on Z FEDERAL’s business operations and attainment of its strategic growth plan objectives. In addition to her BoD duties, Ms. Lippert is an Independent Senior Energy Analyst and Strategic Advisor on projects related to energy analysis and security, emergency response and preparedness, risk assessment and program development . She was formerly employed at the US Department of Energy where she served as a Senior Technical Advisor. She has long history in working with State and local governments and the energy industry on domestic energy reliability and resiliency programs, energy assurance planning, and emergency preparedness activities and exercises.