Ryan Hodum is the Senior Regional Director, Southeast and is based in Virginia. He guides U.S. Energy Foundation’s (EF) strategies to build public will for equitable clean energy and climate policies in the Southeast. Working in close partnership with grantees, allies, and EF policy, campaigns, and communications experts, Ryan develops and funds strategies that achieve … Continued
Shannon is the Senior Regional Director, West. She works in close partnership with U.S. Energy Foundation (EF) staff, grantees, allies, and funders to guide the foundation’s strategies in the West. She works across government, business, civic, and nonprofit sectors, building momentum for the transition to an energy system that is clean, profitable, reliable, low-cost, and … Continued
Susan strengthens and stewards strategies and campaigns to grow the network of donors supporting work to advance clean energy and climate policies, while overseeing the teams managing corporate communications, partner communications, and funder operations. Further, she acts as a partner to the Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, in providing overall alignment and leadership of the … Continued
Victoria is U.S. Energy Foundation’s Office Manager. She has more than 15 years of administrative and reception experience at San Francisco nonprofits. Her most recent position was with JVS (Jewish Vocational Service), an organization that provides employment and training services to the community. At JVS, Victoria provided administrative support to staff in all aspects of … Continued
Ruth is responsible for the day-to-day grants operations, systems, and workflow management of U.S. Energy Foundation’s grantmaking, ensuring a transparent process for the entire grants lifecycle, including pre-award management, monitoring and post-award management.
Eric Jaffe is the Program Director, Strategic Communications at U.S. Energy Foundation (EF). He previously served as the organization’s Senior Manager, Strategic Communications. Prior to joining EF, Eric was the Managing Program Director at Resource Media, where he led a team using communication strategies to advance economic, clean energy, and climate policy objectives. His areas … Continued
Jane L. Breyer leads the development, execution, and evaluation of fundraising and partnership strategies to advance the clean energy mission of U.S. Energy Foundation (EF). She also collaborates with international philanthropic partners and helps to lead efforts that drive resources to the climate and clean energy advocacy field globally. Jane has over 30 years of … Continued
Jennifer manages projects of the Policy team, synthesizes and analyzes strategies, and supports grantmaking and partner relations activities. Prior to U.S. Energy Foundation, Jennifer worked at Stanford University in finance, operations, and project management. As an undergraduate, she worked on a number of wildlife research projects ranging from gray wolves to freshwater mussels, and as … Continued
As Senior Director of Knowledge Systems, Lupine advances internal and external knowledge-sharing and collaboration and is specifically responsible for knowledge management, institutional technology, and user support functions. Lupine has more than 15 years of experience in the Bay Area nonprofit sector. Prior to joining U.S. Energy Foundation, she worked for the San Francisco Office of … Continued
Ryan serves as Senior Advisor at U.S. Energy Foundation (EF). As EF’s Senior Advisor, Ryan supports the Program team in facilitating and launching innovative strategies with a particular focus on campaign design and building public will for equitable climate action. He also supports funding partners in connecting and learning from the deep knowledge within EF’s … Continued