As AXPC’s Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Jesse Sandlin leads AXPC’s efforts in policy engagement on Air, Climate, Water, and Waste issues, and supports AXPC’s ESG efforts. Before joining AXPC, Jesse spent 14 years working in the oil and gas sector for Devon, Noble Energy, and most recently Chevron. In those roles, Jesse served in leadership roles in government affairs, environmental policy, sustainability, and facilities engineering. Jesse has led policy development within those organizations and through collaboration with multiple trade associations with respect to hydraulic fracturing, wastewater, emissions, seismicity, tariff and trade policy, federal lands and permitting, and a variety of other issue areas. More recently, Jesse played a key role on Chevron’s methane reduction team, serving as an advisor on project implementations and policy development, while also leading multiple methane detection initiatives across both onshore and offshore operations. Jesse holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor from Emory University, and uses the combination of technical and legal skills to advocate for policy priorities that strengthen American energy production to enable people around the world to flourish.