Arvin Ganesan is the Global Head of Environmental and Energy Policy at Apple. He formerly served as Vice President for Federal Policy at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), where he led efforts to support policies that enable rapid growth of businesses that develop and use advanced energy technologies. Before joining AEE, Arvin worked with the U.S. … Continued
Stuart Clarke is the Director of the Watershed Protection Program at the William Penn Foundation. Prior to assuming that role, he was the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Town Creek Foundation, where he helped facilitate the funding of … Continued
Bryan Garcia is the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, the nation’s first state-level green bank. Before joining the Green Bank, he was Program Director for the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. He has co-edited two publications: Carbon Finance: Environmental Market Solutions to Climate Change and Carbon Finance II: Investing in … Continued
Heather McTeer Toney is the Vice President, Community Engagement for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). She previously served EDF as an Environmental Justice Liaison. Prior to joining EDF, she led the Moms Clean Air Force field team for two years, working on local government policy initiatives and the Moms & Mayors Program. In 2014, she … Continued
Last year, before the world went into a global pandemic response to COVID-19, Energy Foundation (EF) revised our organization’s mission, vision, and values for the first time in 30 years. We recognized and responded to the need to build stronger relationships with allies, work to better align and grow climate philanthropy, and foster an organizational … Continued
As Grants Systems Officer, Beth provides invaluable partnership to the Grants Management team as well as Programs staff and other stakeholders in the form of training on grants processing, supporting employee onboarding efforts, documenting best practices, and improving existing processes as well as developing new processes. Beth also develops and presents trainings, documentation, and other … Continued
Nicolette Santos supports the work of Energy Foundation’s Federal program. Serving as “air traffic control” for the program, Nicolette arranges meetings with grantees, consultants, internal colleagues, and funders; tracks and manages the program budget; reviews grant proposals; drafts reports; and communicates with grantees and funders on a variety of issues, all while keeping up to date on … Continued
In her role as Accounts Payable Coordinator, Ardie is responsible for understanding all of the accounting functions of the U.S. Energy Foundation, with an emphasis on disbursements. She provides financial and administrative support by ensuring payments are processed and recorded to established policies and procedures across multiple systems in an efficient, timely, and accurate manner. … Continued
Sandy Carter supports the work of the Clean Power Program by arranging meetings with grantees, consultants, and funders; tracking and managing the program budget; reviewing grant proposals; drafting reports; and communicating with grantees and funders on a variety of issues. In addition to collaborating and coordinating with other teams and programs, Sandy helps to organize … Continued
