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Portrait of Sara Ratliff

Honor Society® member

Sara Ratliff

  • University of Oklahoma
  • Energy Law
  • Class of 2026
  • Austin, TX

Member since January 2026

About

Howdy! I'm Sara Ratliff, based in Austin, Texas. I currently serve as lead analyst for the AES Renewables state government relations team in the US central region. My experience includes working for U.S. House Committees (Oversight, and Science, Space, & Technology) and the Executive Branch (U.S. Department of Education on federal oversight matters), the Texas Comptroller and Texas Association of Counties.

Education

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law

    Energy and Natural Resources Law

    2025 – 2026

  • Texas Tech University

    political science

    2014 – 2017

Goals and interests

Career goal

Government affairs advocacy

Graduate school interests

natural resources / oil and gas law

Outside the classroom

wife and dog mom, record collecting, live music, cooking

Experience

  • analyst

    Texas Association of Counties

    Jul 2024 – Sep 2025

  • public affairs specialist

    Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

    Dec 2022 – Jul 2024

  • clerk

    U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform

    Nov 2020 – Mar 2022

  • confidential assistant

    U.S. Department of Education

    Jan 2019 – Oct 2020

  • policy assistant

    U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

    Jan 2017 – Dec 2018

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent