We provide
expert & actionable advice on energy, sustainability and IP issues.
We provide expert & actionable advice on energy, sustainability and IP issues. Rivenoak Consulting specializes in offering sophisticated service and strategic advice to position clients for success in the energy, sustainability and IP spaces. Our experts are sophisticated professionals who develop strategies to serve our client’s business needs through lobbying for changes to the law, positioning decisions for success before administrative agencies, and shaping the opinion of key decision makers via speeches, chairing panels, or giving public testimony.
Service Areas
Public Policy Advocacy
Public Policy Advocacy. We are experts at navigating the executive and legislative branches to make it easier to reach sustainability and IP goals, with a special focus on Michigan. Our sweet spot is providing strategic advice on how to achieve changes to law or policy and supporting those changes with exercises in thought leadership: speaking engagements at key conferences; preparation of briefing materials; participation in agency processes; offering oral or written testimony; and above all making sure decision-makers get important information from a trusted source. We are Michigan registered lobbyists.
Sustainability Strategies
Sustainability Strategies. We are trusted partners for both corporate and governmental clients who are trying to reach sustainability goals, from identifying potential service providers to advising on how to work with state agencies and energy providers to create a strategy that aligns with regulatory and financial opportunities. Public officials know our commitment to crafting creative, common sense solutions with wide support.
Our Team
Valerie J. M. Brader
CEO
Valerie Brader spends most of her time helping clients meet their goals during the ongoing energy transition. Known as a change agent in the public and private sectors, Brader previously served as in Michigan’s cabinet member for energy issues, where she negotiated agreements and laws that successfully balanced affordability, reliability, and environmental goals. A Rhodes Scholar and published author in both the legal and scientific presses, Brader has degrees from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Oxford University, and Georgetown University Law School, and has taught energy law at the University of Michigan. In addition to giving legislative testimony at the federal and state levels, she is noted for her ability to give speeches about energy policy without putting her audience to sleep.
Katy T. Dobrowitsky
Founder
Katy (Catherine) Dobrowitsky spends most of her time as a lawyer helping clients align and achieve their business goals using intellectual property solutions on a global scale. Her work has been featured in training materials presented by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Her testimony before the Michigan Senate led to that body’s unanimous support for her recommended change to modernize Michigan trademark law. As a consultant, she brings her communication skills to bear to improve public policy on intellectual property issues, lobbying for changes that improve the ability of entities large and small to establish and protect their brands as technology evolves to create both new products and new IP challenges.