Meet Our Staff

Anjali Bains

Anjali Bains

Managing Director, Transportation

Brenda Cassellius

Chief Executive Officer

Margaret Cherne-Hendrick, PhD

Senior Lead, Innovation and Impact

Caitlin Eichten

Caitlin Eichten

Senior Policy Associate, Buildings

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Justin Fay

Senior Lead, Public Affairs and Advocacy

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Eric Fowler

Senior Policy Associate, Buildings

Sam Friesen

Managing Director, Buildings

Allen Gleckner

Executive Lead, Policy and Programs

Nick Haeg

Senior Policy Associate, Electric Vehicles

J. Drake Hamilton

Senior Director, Science Policy

Liz Hatfield

Community Associate, People Operations

Dan Haugen

Managing Editor, Energy News Network

Brynn Kirsling

Senior Manager, Legislative and Grassroots Advocacy

Kathryn Krawczyk

Associate Editor – Newsletter/Multiplatform, Energy News Network

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Mat Larson Krisetya

Executive Lead, Organizational Health

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Isak Kvam

Senior Communications Associate, Writer

Meggie LaValley

Meggie LaValley

Lead Director, Individual Giving

Faith Mainor

Director, Major Gifts

Christine McCormick

Digital Communications Associate

Steve Merino

Steve Merino

Senior Business Operations Associate

Annie Moua

Senior Information Management Associate

Julia Olmstead

Julia Olmstead

Executive Lead, Philanthropy

Jo Olson

Jo Olson

Lead Director, Communications and Engagement

Leigh Onkka

Leigh Onkka

Senior Development Manager

Ken Paulman

Senior Director, Energy News Network

Mike Schowalter

Senior Manager, Wholesale Electric Grid Transition

Jillian Theuer

Senior Development Associate

John Vaughn

Managing Director, Community Development and Finance

Janiece Watts

Director of Culture and Partnerships

Rachel Wiedewitsch

Senior Policy Associate

 

 

Consultants and Collaborators

John Berns

Contract Lobbyist

Shubha M. Harris

Equitable Energy Policy Consultant

Jukka Kukkonen

Clean Transportation Consultant

Linda Lubi

Charles R. Krussell Fellow

Curtis Nordgaard, M.D.

Fossil Gas and Health Consultant