AMELIA BLANKE -  Principal Economist and Director of Market Strategy and Governance for the California ISO.  Prior to serving in this role, she was the manager of Monitoring and Reporting for the California ISO’s independent Department of Market Monitoring, where she worked for over a decade. Dr. Blanke’s research interests include the identification of market manipulation and gaming and market competitiveness assessment. Prior to joining the California ISO, Blanke had extensive experience in energy consulting and economic research in the United States and China. Blanke received her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis and her BA in Economics from Stanford.