Hayden Flanery is Manager for Federal and External Affairs with the U.S. Climate Alliance, leading the Alliance’s work on a state-federal climate strategy and engagement with the federal government and external partners. Flanery also leads the Alliance resilience policy portfolio and has previously supported the Alliance’s work on natural and working lands and building decarbonation, among others. Prior to this role, they spent two years working for the U.S. House of Representatives, on the Budget Committee and for the office of Representative John Yarmuth. Flanery also previously worked in Louisville, Kentucky as a campaign field organizer and social media lead for Rep. Yarmuth’s 2018 and 2020 congressional campaigns; and as a State Lead and Organizing Fellow with the Sunrise Movement, organizing local stakeholders in Kentucky to support a Green New Deal. They hold B.A.s in Political Science and Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics.