Maris Densmore, Director of ACR's Industrial Program, is responsible for overseeing the investigation, analysis, and implementation of new strategic opportunities to harness the power of markets for high impact emission reduction and removals actions in the energy and industrial sectors including geologic storage of carbon, methane emission abatement, and long-term storage of carbon via other industrial processes.

Prior to joining ACR, Maris spent almost 20 years in the environmental and oil and gas sectors and was responsible for developing technical and policy solutions to key industry issues. She specializes in building strategies for challenging technical issues within complicated political and policy environments such as climate change and carbon mitigation, water use and protection, sustainability, and community engagement. Most recently, she has lead development, implementation, and advocacy for geologic sequestration permitting and incentives as the Manager of Carbon Capture Solutions at California Resources Corporation (CRC). Maris also served as the technical advisor for policy and political issues for CRC. Prior to her work in California, Maris worked on environmental issues in Shell’s Appalachia assets including groundwater protection, water recycling, environmental reporting and data management, and auditing. Maris spent her early career developing and executing groundwater and natural gas drilling programs across the country. Throughout her career, Maris has been active in community outreach, education, and engagement. Maris is a licensed geologist and has extensive field experience in both environmental and oil and gas operations including drilling; groundwater protection; mapping; and health, safety, and the environment training and assessment. Maris has a bachelor’s degree in earth science from UC Santa Cruz and a master’s in geology from UC Davis.