Clean Energy for America Announces Board of Directors, First Executive Director to Lead Nationwide Mobilization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 26, 2021
Contact: Lauren Pollack, lauren@stgresults.com
Building Off 2020 Success, CE4A Set to Mobilize Tens of Thousands of Clean Energy Voices to Make the Economic Case for Clean Energy Investments
Washington, D.C. — Today, Clean Energy for America (CE4A) — a new national organization committed to advancing an equitable and inclusive clean energy economy to address climate change — announced its senior leadership as it prepares to launch advocacy efforts in support of clean energy investments from coast to coast. CE4A’s 13-member board of directors draws from among top leaders in the clean energy sector as well as energy policy experts with years of government service, both in Congress and the Executive Branch. (The names of CE4A’s board of directors are provided below.) Andrew Reagan, who has served as the Executive Director of the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee and Political Manager at EDF Action, was named CE4A’s Executive Director.
At the same time, CE4A announced the formation and leadership of an affiliate, the Clean Energy for America Education Fund (CE4A Ed Fund), a charitable organization that will focus on public education, research, and study of clean energy proposals and policies. CE4A Ed Fund will be led by a 10-member board of directors drawing from a cross-section of clean energy experience and expertise. (The names of CE4A Ed Fund’s board of directors are listed below).
CE4A seeks to build upon the successes of Clean Energy for Biden (CE4B), an all-volunteer network of more than 17,000 clean energy business leaders and activists who came together on Earth Day 2020 to elect Joe Biden. CE4B’s network raised $3.2M at 100+ virtual fundraisers nationwide and held hundreds of phone banks to mobilize voters to elect Joe Biden president. The CE4B network then quickly turned to raising funds and mobilizing voters to elect Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Georgia run-off elections.
CE4A plans to reactivate, expand, and mobilize the CE4B network to build a powerful political base and develop relationships to demonstrate broad public support for clean energy policies and for the policymakers who take strong action in furtherance of those policies.
The following are the members of the new Clean Energy for America Board of Directors:
Donnel Baird, Founder of BlocPower, Board Member, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Cameron Bard, Senior Director, DSD Renewables and Adjunct Instructor at New York University
Devin Hampton, CEO, UtilityAPI and Co-Founder of Edict
Brandon Hurlbut, Co-Founder and Partner of Boundary Stone Partners and Operating Partner at NGP Energy Technology Partners
Veery Maxwell, Partner, Ajax Strategies
Alexander McDonough, Partner, Pioneer Public Affairs, Former Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Harry Reid
Rose McKinney-James, Managing Principal of Energy Works LLC and McKinney-James & Associates, former Commissioner with the Nevada Public Service Commission
John Podesta, Founder of Center for American Progress, Former Counselor to President Obama responsible for coordinating the administration’s climate policy and initiatives
Dan Reicher, Senior Scholar at the Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy
Jason Scott, Principal at Renewable Resource Group & Co-Chair CREO Syndicate
Nidhi Thakar, Director of Resource and Regulatory Strategy and Engagement at Portland General Electric, Former Senior Advisor, Loan Programs Office, at U.S. DOE during the Obama administration
Vien Truong, Nike Global Sustainability, Senior Director of Engagement, Former Advisor to Tom Steyer
Nathan Wyeth, Co-founder of Link, former Director of Business Development for Sunrun
The following are the members of the new Clean Energy for America Education Fund Board of Directors:
Ken Alston, Venture Investor, Former Director at New Energy Nexus, and Special Advisor to the Secretary of Energy during the Obama administration
Cameron Bard, Senior Director, DSD Renewables and Adjunct Instructor at New York University
Richard Kauffman, Chair, Generate Capital, Former Senior Advisor to Secretary Steven Chu and Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York
Audrey Lee, Senior Director of Energy Strategy, Microsoft, Former Vice President, Sunrun
Alexander McDonough, Partner, Pioneer Public Affairs, Former Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Harry Reid
Dan Reicher, Senior Scholar at the Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy
Jason Scott, Principal at Renewable Resource Group & Co-Chair CREO Syndicate
Nidhi Thakar, Director of Resource and Regulatory Strategy and Engagement at Portland General Electric, Former Senior Advisor, Loan Programs Office, at U.S. DOE during the Obama administration
Karen Wayland, CEO, GridWise Alliance, Former Senior Policy Advisor to Speaker of the House
Nathan Wyeth, Co-founder of Link, Advisor to SparkMeter, Former Director of Business Development for Sunrun
“There are thousands of business leaders and activists who are ready to join us in making clear that investing in clean energy means supporting good jobs and economic growth from coast to coast. These board members will provide the strategic and tactical guidance needed to promote a clean energy economy and create millions of new jobs nationwide,” said Andrew Reagan, the Executive Director of Clean Energy for America. “I am thrilled to join these exceptional leaders on the Clean Energy for America team. Together, their unique backgrounds and experience as business, policy, and grassroots leaders make them a great asset to this organization. I am eager to work alongside this team to fulfill our important and urgent mission with a focus on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion both in our internal structure and with the leaders and policies we support.”
If you would like to interview Andrew Reagan or one of CE4A’s new board members or would like any additional information about the CE4A’s work, please email Lauren Pollack at lauren@stgresults.com.
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