Cliburn and Associates, LLC is a second-generation consultancy founded and led by Jill K. Cliburn. The first was established in Washington, DC in 1989. Initially, it focused on energy-related training, marketing, and communications. Today, from our office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cliburn and Associates still offers those services, along with capabilities in market analysis, program design and evaluation, policy, and business innovation strategy. We offer a deep understanding of the electric utility industry and the challenges and opportunities surrounding its transition to a high-tech, low-carbon future. We work with utilities, innovators, communities, and stakeholders.
Cliburn and Associates maintains a fast footing and low overhead. Jill regularly forms work teams suited to particular project needs. Her co-authors and team-partners list includes an extraordinary number of nationally known go-to experts. In addition, Jill has ready access to technical research assistance, graphic design, and editorial support. This is an increasingly popular way for consultants to work today, but it has been Jill’s strategy since the beginning. She has collaborated across the US and internationally.
Early in her career, Jill was Illinois’ first State Solar Office Coordinator, working to initiate the state’s fledgling solar business networks, standards, and incentives. Subsequently, she managed Energy Services for the municipal utility in Springfield, Illinois, and coordinated Energy Services Program efforts for American Public Power Association in Washington, DC. From that post, she spearheaded energy services and renewable energy technical assistance for both public power utilities and electric cooperatives. As work took her to New Mexico, she was appropriately enchanted and determined to establish a home base there. Today, her office overlooks the Cerrillos Hills, outside Santa Fe. She continues to serve clients nationwide, but also helped to bring significantly scaled solar to New Mexico. Her clients have included the Buckman Direct Diversion Project, a city/county water plant, for which she guided early-stage development of the first 1-MW single-axis tracking solar plant in Santa Fe. After hours, she enjoys her family and has been a local conservationist, gardener, writer, and supporter of dance/arts organizations.
Jill has a bachelor’s degree in advertising/journalism from Northwestern University, and has done graduate study in economics at the University of Illinois (Springfield). She has completed continuing education in facilitation, utility marketing, program design, and evaluation. Cliburn and Associates has consulted as a developer and presenter of award-winning trainings and curricula. She also has won awards from the Society of Technical Communicators, for her work on professional journals, training materials, and reports.
Cliburn and Associates maintains a fast footing and low overhead. Jill regularly forms work teams suited to particular project needs. Her co-authors and team-partners list includes an extraordinary number of nationally known go-to experts. In addition, Jill has ready access to technical research assistance, graphic design, and editorial support. This is an increasingly popular way for consultants to work today, but it has been Jill’s strategy since the beginning. She has collaborated across the US and internationally.
Early in her career, Jill was Illinois’ first State Solar Office Coordinator, working to initiate the state’s fledgling solar business networks, standards, and incentives. Subsequently, she managed Energy Services for the municipal utility in Springfield, Illinois, and coordinated Energy Services Program efforts for American Public Power Association in Washington, DC. From that post, she spearheaded energy services and renewable energy technical assistance for both public power utilities and electric cooperatives. As work took her to New Mexico, she was appropriately enchanted and determined to establish a home base there. Today, her office overlooks the Cerrillos Hills, outside Santa Fe. She continues to serve clients nationwide, but also helped to bring significantly scaled solar to New Mexico. Her clients have included the Buckman Direct Diversion Project, a city/county water plant, for which she guided early-stage development of the first 1-MW single-axis tracking solar plant in Santa Fe. After hours, she enjoys her family and has been a local conservationist, gardener, writer, and supporter of dance/arts organizations.
Jill has a bachelor’s degree in advertising/journalism from Northwestern University, and has done graduate study in economics at the University of Illinois (Springfield). She has completed continuing education in facilitation, utility marketing, program design, and evaluation. Cliburn and Associates has consulted as a developer and presenter of award-winning trainings and curricula. She also has won awards from the Society of Technical Communicators, for her work on professional journals, training materials, and reports.