John Brautigam has had a rich and varied career in both the private and public sectors. Currently serving as Director of the Energy Programs Division of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, he administers state energy efficiency programs and manages Recovery Act funding in the energy sector.

Brautigam has served in private practice, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maine, and as the executive director of a nonprofit, the Maine Citizen Leadership Fund.

While at the Attorney General’s office, Brautigam managed a number of prescription drug related matters and was co-counsel in the legal defense of Maine Rx, a program to lower prescription drug prices for the uninsured. He helped successfully defend the program against challenges from the pharmaceutical industry, finally winning the legal battle in the US Supreme Court.

In addition, Brautigam served in the Maine Legislature from 2004 to 2008, including two years as Chairman of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee. He was a candidate for Attorney General for the State of Maine in 2008.

Brautigam is a 1991 graduate of Stanford University Law School, where he edited the Stanford Law Review. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and his master’s degree from Trinity College.