John J. Easton Jr.

John Jay Easton Jr. was born in San Francisco, California on June 16, 1943.

[2] He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1964, and then served in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1968.

Easton graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1970 and became an attorney in Vermont.

[6] After losing the election for Governor Easton continued to practice law in Vermont, and was a vice president of the consulting company Syn-Cronamics, Inc.[7] From 1989 to 1993 Easton held appointed positions at the United States Department of Energy, serving successively as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies,[8] General Counsel,[9] and Assistant Secretary for Domestic and International Energy Policy.

[10] Easton remained in the Washington, D.C. area after leaving the Energy department, and became Vice President for International Programs at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).