Board member Nicole Systrom is passionate about facilitating investments for climate impact and growing support for early stage clean technology innovators, which she accomplishes in her roles as Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at PRIME Coalition, VP for Development and Strategic Projects with Cyclotron Road and Activation Energy, and founder of Sutro Energy Group. She develops programs to increase the capacity of foundations, family offices, and seed investors to support ventures that mitigate climate change and contribute to a more sustainable energy system, with both charitable and for-profit investment dollars. She has published work on facets of clean energy ranging from gaps in the hard technology innovation ecosystem to state energy policy.
Nicole earned an MBA/M.S. in Environment and Resources from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a B.S. in Earth Systems, also from Stanford University.