Senior Strategic Analyst, Pacific Gas & Electric

Adam is a senior strategic analyst for Pacific Gas & Electric, where he is working to develop microgrid solutions to mitigate the impact of Public Safety Power Shutoffs. Adam is from Cleveland and is a recent alum of The Ohio State University - where he graduated with both an MPA and MBA. Adam is an avid fan of both Ohio State and Cleveland sports, loves live music, and recently adopted a shepherd mix named Koda.

Sustainability Senior Analyst, Allbirds

Aileen is the Sustainability Senior Analyst at Allbirds, a carbon-neutral footwear and apparel company dedicated to creating sustainable products with premium natural materials. She engages with suppliers to evaluate the environmental impact of the company's supply chain, manages life cycle assessment calculations for all products, and supports carbon offset purchases. Aileen loves to spend time outdoors hiking, camping, and skiing.

Graduate Student, Stanford University

Alex is an international policy master's student at Stanford University where he focuses on the acceleration of clean energy deployment in emerging markets and the decarbonization of "difficult-to-abate" sectors, particularly heavy industry and transportation. He enjoys playing and watching soccer, surfing, and shoestring backpacking around the world.

Product Manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber - Future Mobility Innovation Lab, San Francisco

Allison is a Product Manager at the Future Mobility Innovation Lab for Goodyear Tire, where she is responsible for the product vision, roadmap and development of AndGo, Goodyear's connected fleet management platform for shared, electric vehicles. She also serves on her local city commission for arts and culture, where she promotes public art and supports a recycled materials artist-in-residence program, and in her spare time she likes to travel and spend time outdoors.

Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Anna Fero is an Associate in the energy group at the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Anna helps clients navigate federal and state energy policy, and provides counsel on a range of compliance, litigation, and transactional matters. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Germany.

Product Designer, Adobe

Brent is a product designer at Adobe where he creates consumer design tools and listens to energy podcasts. Via the CELI community, he's looking to join or found an energy related software startup. Brent is an avid mountain biker, kitesurfer, glider pilot (engineless airplane), and is thrilled to be a part of CELI!

Cofounder & Head of Research and Strategy, #SmartCohort

Carla Mays (she/her) is a San Francisco, CA-based Smart Infrastructure & Disaster Mitigation Mega Regional Planner & Researcher and an alum of San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley. She has been recognized by the California State Legislature, Alumna Next City Vanguard, and Singularity Global Impact Scholars Program for addressing equitable future city planning, fiscal viability, risk mitigation, emergency management, operations and maintenance for long-term smart city and climate adaptive projects, infrastructure, and investments. Co-founder of #SmartCohort with Miami-Dade County, Florida Millennial Policy Commissioner & Board Chair, David Capelli. #SmartCohort was founded by Mays & Capelli during her 2016 tenure as a Singularity Global Impact Scholar researching “Equity and the Dystopian effect of American Smart Cities.” #SmartCohort is a 2020 UC Berkeley Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Foundry Accelerator ~ Developing Equitable Smart Infrastructure Government Procurement Platform.

Executive Director, Climate Cabinet

Caroline Spears is the Executive Director of Climate Cabinet. Climate Cabinet uses tech and high-quality data to do climate consulting at scale - focusing on bringing climate science and policy initiatives to implementation. Caroline loves building things and butterfly gardening.

Head of Products, Span

Chad is Head of Products and a member of the founding team at Span. Span’s residential electrical hardware is making solar, electric vehicle charging, and battery storage affordable to the masses. Chad began his career at Tesla Energy as one of the groups first hires. Chad gained his engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In his “Free Time” you can find Chad recharging his own battery bicycling, sailing, or hiking.

Senior Analyst, WattTime

Christy is a Senior Analyst at WattTime, where she works to understand the marginal emissions of electricity use and how that data can be leveraged to make all electricity consumption cleaner. With a background in EVs, she is particularly interested in how we can integrate EVs in a way that is beneficial to the grid. In her spare time, Christy loves to go skiing and biking and explore all the amazing places in California.

Consultant III, Energy & Environmental Economics (E3)

Clea Kolster is a Consultant at E3 where she advises utilities, state governments and asset owners on the future of economy-wide decarbonization in multiple regions across the US, assessing the value of different technologies and measures to meet climate and energy goals. She also specializes in resource planning, using electricity system modeling to obtain minimum cost portfolios that meet emissions targets with reliability and affordability accounted for. Clea holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London where she developed techno-economic analyses for carbon capture and storage solutions. Clea grew up in Paris and London, is an avid sailor and skier, and has a special interest in discussing the energy access problem in sub-Saharan Africa and brainstorming potential solutions.

Dana Cappelloni brings over a decade of experience to the sustainability sector, having worked across the agriculture, climate adaptation and consulting industries. A Bay Area native, Dana holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School, an undergraduate degree from The Colorado College and is an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow alum. In her free time, Dana can be found exploring the great outdoors, wine tasting and writing poetry.

Research Engineer, Center for the Built Environment, UC Berkeley

Dana is a Research Engineer at the Center for the Built Environment, an industry-university applied research center at UC Berkeley. From lots of sensor data to user experience interviews, her work focuses on low-carbon building operation and design, particularly towards growing global demands for cooling. She previously worked on indoor air quality, and is enthusiastic about teaching and learning reproducible data analysis skills. Dana also enjoys protected bike lanes and reading anything from poetry to science fiction.

Chief Brand Officer, Bridg

Gerrine is a tech entrepreneur/MBA transitioning to clean energy. She was most recently the Chief Brand Officer for Bridg, which acquired her mobile app startup. Gerrine has a penchant for bad puns, hiking and is an amateur gardener.

Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy

Igor Tregub is a safety specialist and engineer with the Department of Energy and has completed safety and nonproliferation assignments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Washington, D.C., and Central Asia, among others. On the side, he is the principal of Tregub and Associates, a boutique consulting firm specializing in electoral and land use consulting, and serves as an elected commissioner on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the youngest chair of and first immigrant to chair the 35,000-member strong Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter, and currently serves on the Sierra Club's California Executive Committee while running for its National Board of Directors. He is a born-again half-marathoner, itinerant poet, and has a pipe dream that his compendium of short stories might write itself.

Utility and Sustainability Specialist, San Mateo County Community College District

Isaac is an eternal student and is passionate about making tangible. As a Utility & Sustainability Specialist at San Mateo Community College District, he manages energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the organization's three campuses. When not geeking out about sustainability topics, you can find Isaac shredding on a skateboard, camping with friends, and getting down to funky music.

Project Execution Contracts Manager, First Solar

Janay is the Project Execution Contracts Manager for First Solar's Project Development team. She is a licensed attorney and writer passionate about all things renewable energy.

Product manager, Enel X e-Mobility

Jenya is a product manager at Enel X e-Mobility, working on smart charging software and forecasting and optimization algorithms used to aggregate EV chargers for energy services and demand response. Prior to Enel X she was a senior analytics software engineer at Geli, developing a web platform that analyzes electricity consumption data to simulate and design energy storage and microgrid systems, and worked on software for real-time data acquisition, modeling, and analysis at C12 Energy. Jenya has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Denver, an MS in Applied Math, and a BS in Applied Math and Computer Science from Belarusian State University. Outside of work she enjoys art and cinema, making sushi, and using every opportunity to travel.

Partnership Manager, Activate

Juliette is the Partnership Manager for Activate, a non-profit that collaborates with national labs to run the Cyclotron Road and Activate Boston fellowships for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers who have innovations that can impact society. Juliette forges new corporate partnerships, researches future expansion possibilities, and provides public speaking coaching to fellows in the program. Beyond her passion for climate and innovation, Juliette is an avid climber, dancer and backcountry skier who believes in continuous learning and self-development in its many forms.

Director of Market Research, Schneider Electric Ventures

Lee is the Director of Market Research for Schneider Electric Ventures, a newly formed $565M venture fund, focused on early and growth stage startups in areas such as energy management, industrial automation and electric mobility. He was formerly a Principal with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the energy practice working with oil and gas, renewables, and utility clients in US, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and SE Asia. Outside of work, Lee is passionate about the outdoors, particularly hiking and backpacking; he completed the John Muir Trail from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney in Sept 2019.

Energy Equity Program Manager, The Greenlining Institute

As Greenlining’s Energy Equity Program Manager, Lisa’s research, advocacy, policy, and coalition-building efforts center environmental justice communities in clean energy programs, investments, and opportunities. Lisa works to incorporate most impacted communities in goal-setting, decision-making, and other community benefits from clean energy investments. She performs in and produces shows, volunteers with foster youth, and serves on local nonprofit and foundation boards. Lisa loves sunshine, maps, and laughter.

MBA Leadership Development Associate, PG&E

Liz is a Management Associate for PG&E, where she rotates through leadership positions at the company, most recently in electric vehicle charging infrastructure program management. Liz loves to read, hike, watch hockey games, play trivia that she never seems to win, and travel the world. She also likes wine and cider, which pair well with all her other hobbies, like nerding out with friends about clean tech at happy hour.

Origination Associate, First Solar

Manali Gokhale is on the Origination team at First Solar, where she works to secure contracts for utility-scale solar power plants. Previously, Manali forecasted nodal power prices for a trading firm in DC, leveraging fundamentals-based analysis of the power grid. When she's not focused on the energy markets, Manali enjoys backpacking, reading, and working towards the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.

Inside Sales Representative, REC Solar Commercial Corporation

Matthew Meyer is working within Business Development for REC Solar where he helps a four-person team create opportunities for the Commercial and Industrial sector. Besides his passion for renewable energy, Matthew loves scaling vertical walls, enjoying the endless recreation possibilities of Lake Tahoe, and exploring the boundless Forest Service Roads of California.

Project Developer, Plus Power

Molly works to displace conventional power plants and increase renewable penetration on the electrical grid by developing large stationary storage projects at Plus Power. While not studying maps of transmission lines, she enjoys studying topography maps and exploring the vast variety of parks and mountains in California and beyond.

Project Manager, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at the Center for Sustainable Energy

Nicole works at the Center for Sustainable Energy where she manages the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) and focuses on developing and implementing regional electric vehicle charger incentive projects. Nicole enjoys traveling, watching live music and outdoor adventures. She enjoys being car-free but looks forward to her next car being an electric vehicle.

Senior Analyst, Project Finance, ForeFront Power, LLC

Peter Gerson is a Project Finance Senior Analyst for ForeFront Power, LLC where he focuses on the financing of solar and storage assets at the commercial and industrial scale, inclusive of Community Solar Gardens. His responsibilities range from developing and maintaining internal pricing models, initial business development market strategy, marketing portfolios to tax-equity counter parties, negotiating contracts, and coordination on deal documentation to bring projects to financial close. While his playing career ended after graduating Yale, Peter continues his passion for the sport and community engagement by working as the Offensive Coordinator for the Mission High School football team in San Francisco.

Senior Sustainability Manager, Tenderloin Neighborhood Dev. Corp. (TNDC)

Ruchi is a Senior Sustainability Manager at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) – one of the largest affordable housing developers in San Francisco, she implements energy, water, and waste management strategies for a portfolio of 45 buildings. Ruchi is a LEED Green Associate, a Fitwel Ambassador, and holds a Master’s in Sustainability from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and a Bachelor’s in Biotechnology from Mumbai, India. Ruchi enjoys playing poker and badminton and has an adorable Maltese Poodle - Momo!

Battery Scientist, Blue Current Inc

Terri is a scientist at Blue Current Inc developing solid state battery technologies. Terri has been involved in energy storage research and development for 6 years at universities, national laboratories, and various startups. She loves traveling and has a personal goal of visiting a new country every year.

Microgrid Product Engineer, Tesla

Victor works on Microgrids at Tesla, as the point of contact for all operating issues. His responsibility is to make sure our customers keep the lights ON. Before coming here two years ago, he was doing his Masters in Smart Grid Science at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a French/Lebanese energy nerd who came to the Bay Area to grow in the Clean Energy industry.