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I’m currently an advisor to fusion investment fund Strong Atomics in addition to my day job. Previously, I gained extensive experience in electrification and clean tech at Zola Electric, Google Energy, and X, Google’s “moonshot factory.”

My experience has varied widely over the years. I’ve worked in sustainable shopping at Amazon (where I helped launch The Climate Pledge), behavioral science at NREL, policy analysis at RAND Corporation, and wind tunnel management at the University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory.

Thirteen years of energy program evaluation for utilities (including low-income, small business and community programs) + EJ and disadvantaged communities maps, criteria, and equity metrics – to ensure our climate $ reach the right people. I’ve managed large research projects for utilities and state agencies, and state stakeholder processes around energy and climate justice. I was the Technical Consultant for New York’s draft definition of disadvantaged communities, am involved in climate and energy equity in Maine, and Justice40 implementation research nationwide.

I’m working to accelerate decarbonization by investing my career in climate tech and empowering others to do the same. I’ve had the privilege to help dozens of mission-driven founders successfully launch and grow climate tech startups, including leading marketing for teams that raised over $17.6 million in combined funding. I’ve also helped hundreds of people start careers in sustainability with digital content.

I co-founded the Carbon Removal Center, a UK-based nonprofit organisation that advances sustainable carbon removal and have advised and worked with early-stage CDR startups (e.g. 44.01). I have a BSc and MSc in Engineering and an MBA from Berkeley Haas in Energy & Cleantech.

After graduating in physics, I jumped into the local startup scene with a small Private Cloud company then later went on to work in startups in the Game Development industry and now contributes to a regenerative-focused AgTech startup.

While researching the barriers and supporting ecosystem of regenerative agriculture over the last couple of years I have had the opportunity to connect and learn from many farmers, startups, non-profits, and investors in the space.

I also have experience in political tech and formerly worked in campaigns and on Capitol Hill. I was an early employee at Arcadia, based in DC.

In addition to my corporate role, I manage the Caux Dialogue on Environment and Security. Previously, I co-founded BioCarbon Engineering (drone-based mangrove planting), Kindness Collective (social enterprise supporting women’s farming cooperatives in India), and Beta-Earth (sustainable economic development in local communities).

Since 2016, I’ve become knowledgeable of the science, language, solutions, and approaches needed to address our climate emergency. As a climate designer, brand strategist, and educator, I’m able to take what I’ve learned and apply it to design. Over the past six years running The Determined and Climate Designers, I’ve led teams on a variety of projects amplifying the work of climate-focused initiatives.

I have worked for 20 years designing and implementing strategies to reach and engage diverse stakeholders and communities across various verticals in climate and energy – solar, sustainable agriculture, urban planning, environmental justice, public health, public utilities, local campaigns, national philanthropy and more. With a wide breadth of experience across sectors, I’m able to offer meaningful insights and coaching to those transitioning sectors.

Prior to this role, I was a fellow at both ARPA-E and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and served in the U.S. Army.

I have extensive clean energy experience in both the private and public sectors, including time at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Clean Energy Leadership Institute.

I have been working on software and data science applied to clean energy problems for nearly a decade. Previously, I co-founded Nanogrid to reduce the cost of solar, energy storage, and EVs and I helped reduce costs for clean energy companies as a software engineer at Genability.

I am a program manager for research, education and extension Climate-smart Agriculture, Justice40, Nutrition Security and Equity US goals, with a special focus on cross-government coordination and AI for Climate-Smart Ag and Forestry.  I previously served as National Science Foundation Program Officer for multiple science areas and workforce development, with a focus on under-served states.

I am passionate about helping people take climate action in their personal lives, an avid biker, and a sustainable home renovation aficionado.