Chad Boettcher is Co-Founder and President of the Impact Guild, a global professional network of people using media, art, and entertainment for social good and healthy democracy. Chad also is the Founder and President of True North—a boutique property design, management, and advisory firm. Previously, Chad led social impact and public affairs programming at top media … Continued
Kelly Speakes-Backman leads public affairs activities, including government relations and corporate brand, for Invenergy, an American-based multinational power generation development and operations company. The company develops, builds, owns, and operates power generation, transmission, and energy storage projects, including wind, solar, and natural gas power generation. Prior to this, Kelly served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary … Continued
Jennifer Park supports the Strategic Partnerships team by serving as project manager for events and special projects and assisting with research, drafting correspondence, and producing Program-related materials. Most recently, Jennifer worked with MoveOn.org as Director of Philanthropy. Jennifer has also worked with various other nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
Brendan collaboratively develops the strategy and supports the execution of the Local Power Program’s state-level efforts, including internal and external stakeholder engagement and alignment, grantmaking, contract administration and management, campaign and project development, developing material for proposals, reports, and other written materials, tracking, and evaluation. Brendan has spent almost 20 years working in advocacy, government, … Continued
J.R. oversees the development and execution of strategies to advance equitable clean energy and climate action in the power sector. As Senior Director, Power, he partners with EF staff, consultants, and funding partners to develop shared strategies for clean power areas inclusive of EF’s Fossil Fuels and Clean Grid program strategies. Prior to EF, J.R. … Continued
At a time that is crucial to equitable climate and clean energy progress, we are fortunate to have Stuart Clarke serving as Chair of the U.S. Energy Foundation (EF) Board of Directors. Stuart grew up in the nation’s biggest, busiest city, and unexpectedly walked into the world of environmentalism, climate, and clean energy via a … Continued
Jessica supports the work of EF’s Federal Program. Serving as “air traffic controller” for the program, Jessica 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
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Rochelle Currier manages the development of EF’s Salesforce system. As the principal Salesforce resource, Rochelle manages administrator duties and case support, as well as discovery, design, and implementation for enhancements. They also work closely with functional leaders, organizational units, and subject-matter experts to identify, develop, and deploy new business processes such as partnerships, grants, contracts, … Continued
