Education

PhD, Economics, 5/2026 (expected), University of New Mexico 

MS, Economics, 12/2017, University of New Mexico 

MS, Financial management, 8/2016, University of Maryland University College

BA, Comparative literature, 12/2003, Brigham Young University

Research interests

Electricity markets and market design; clean energy transitions and carbon policy; environmental and resource economics; carbon policy; valuation of non-market goods

Experience

Commodities Futures Trading Commission                 Washington, DC     

Market analyst, Division of Market Oversight | 5/2023 to 9/2025

Duties include

• Researching and presenting energy market developments to the Chairman and Commission

• Advising commissioners on energy market topics for speeches and Congressional testimony

• Advising on applications for electricity designated contract markets and novel electricity futures

• Using confidential CFTC data to produce original research for the Commission on topics including electricity markets, Treasury bond markets, and block trading using SAS and SQL

Special projects

• Analyzed Treasury futures markets response to the March 2023 bank crisis

• Advised IRS 45U group on electricity market hedges and futures

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission                             Washington, DC
Economist, Enforcement, Division of Analytics and Surveillance | 5/2019 to 5/2023

Intern, Enforcement, Division of Analytics and Surveillance | 5/2017 to 5/2019

Lead enforcement surveillance analyst for California Independent System Operator’s electricity market.

Duties included

• Analyzing physical and financial positions in electricity and natural gas markets to identify and investigate anomalous trading behavior

• Initiating confidential inquiries based on unstructured market data as well as large confidential data sources

• Identifying and creating or updating screening mechanisms in response to changes in market policy using SQL, R and SAS for data work and SAS VA and R Shiny as visualization tools

Special projects

• Advised and trained Ukraine’s senior energy market regulators on best practices to detect fraud and manipulation in energy markets (Aug. 2021- Feb. 23, 2022)

• Mentoring and hiring interns, and coordinating new hire bootcamp (2020-2023)

Los Alamos National Laboratory                                              Los Alamos, NM

Emergency Management/Response Operator | 8/2011 – 4/2017

• Produced initial emergency analysis and timeline for the Director’s office after 2014 WIPP radiological incident

• LEAP Award, 2014

• SELF Leadership cohort, 2015

Grants and funded research

NSF CREST Grant No. 1345169 (PI: K. Howe, Co-PI: J. Chermak) 2018-2019

Contingent valuation of ecosystem services and greenhouse gas emissions reduction associated with New Mexico river system

New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Student Grant 5/2018-5/2019

“Hydroelectric management on the Rio Chama: examining costs and benefits from non-consumptive flow management between the El Vado and Abiquiu reservoirs.” Student PI, with co-PI: J. Chermak ($6,000)

University of New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Association 10/2018-5/2019

New Mexico Research Grant. “Choosing Between Air and Water in Hydroelectricity Production: A Contingent Valuation Survey”. Student PI, with co-PI: J. Chermak ($3,000)

Bureau of Reclamation (PI: J. Chermak) 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary system dynamics modeling of reservoir-dam-river system.

Publications and working papers

Stradling, S. (2025). Reducing resource shuffling in the EIM: Impacts of the 2018 base schedule reform. Working paper, University of New Mexico.

Stradling, S. (2019). “Modeling the Rio Chama.” International Water Power and Dam Construction.

Stradling, S., Chermak, J.M. (2018). Choosing Between Air and Water in Hydroelectricity Production: A Contingent Valuation Survey.

Stradling, S., Chermak, J.M., Stone, M. (2019). Rio Chama: An Evaluation of Flow-Derived Economic Values. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation report.

Conference presentations

“Reducing resource shuffling in the EIM: Impacts of the 2018 base schedule reform.” Oral presentation, USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, forthcoming, November 2025.

“Hydroelectric Management for Peak Demand Energy: Balancing Intermittent Renewable Generation on the U.S. Grid.”

Poster presentation, 36th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, 2018.

Invited poster presentation, 63rd Annual New Mexico Water Conference, 2018.

Invited poster presentation, UNM Shared Knowledge Conference, 2018.

“An Economic Evaluation of Peak Flow Management on the Rio Chama.” Oral presentation, 9th International Conference on Environmental Modeling and Software, 2018.

Policy presentations and briefings

Presented original research on Treasury bond market response to the March 2023 bank crisis to the Financial Stability Oversight Council Hedge Fund Working group, US Treasury officials, 2024.

Delivered training based on my work on fraud detection and surveillance in electricity markets to Ukraine National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Committee (NEURC), 2022.

Presented original research on economic impact of retiring sub-category 3 radiological facilities to Los Alamos National Laboratory directors, 2015.                         

Skills

Data and modeling: SQL, SAS, R, Stata, PowerSim, GoldSim

Languages

English (C2, native), French (B1), Russian (A2)