Coco Wallace is a Policy and Business Development Associate at Quaise Energy, where she focuses on identifying policy hurdles and engaging with federal and state representatives to remedy these. Alongside her policy efforts, Coco supports the commercialization efforts of the business development team for Quaise's novel deep drilling technology. Prior to joining Quaise in March of 2023, Coco spent ~2 years at McKinsey & Company working on electric and autonomous vehicle strategy for incumbent OEMs and start-ups. Coco studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University before joining McKinsey.