The Climate Champions

Michelle Brechtelsbauer, Director of Stakeholder Relations, Energy Impact Center, Washington DC - Episode 38

Michelle Brechtelsbauer, Director of Stakeholder Relations at Energy Impact Center in Washington DC. She leverages her background in engineering research and an expertise in science policy to accelerate deployment of carbon-negative energy technologies.

Neil Kermode, Managing Director, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney Islands, Scotland - Episode 37

Neil Kermode has been the Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, since 2005. EMEC has facilitated testing 31 technologies that generate electricity harnessing the power of waves and tidal streams.

Pip Decker, Senior Vice President, BMR Energy, New York City - Episode 36

Pip Decker, Senior Vice President at BMR Energy, leads development, construction and operation of wind and solar generation projects. Prior, Pip owned US-based solar developer SunEast. He has a degree in Public Policy from the College of William and Mary.

Jim Spano, Managing Partner at Spano Partners, Founder & Director of Origination for Radiant REIT - Episode 35

Jim Spano is Managing Partner at Spano Partners, and Founder & Director of Origination for Radiant REIT. He is a dedicated philanthropist that has already put 300 MW of solar in the ground and has created a fund to provide $10B over the next three years.

Scott Carlson, President, New Day Solar - Episode 34

Scott Carlson is President of New Day Solar. For 30+ years Scott has been leading the installation of California solar systems, training the next generation of developers, and passionately spreading the benefits of powering a world with solar energy.

Larsh Johnson, Chief Technology Officer, STEM - Episode 33

Larsh Johnson is CTO at STEM. Prior, he was CTO at Siemens Digital Grid, which he joined via the acquisition of eMeter, where he was co-founder and CTO, after co-founding CellNet Data Systems. He earned a BS and an M.S. in mechanical engineering Stanford.

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar and Storage Association - Episode 32

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director of the CA Solar & Storage Association, graduated Berkeley with a BS, Conservation and Resource Studies, fought against 5 Connecticut coal plants and returned to CA to fight against climate change the last 16 years

Audrey Lee, Vice President of Energy Services, Sunrun - Episode 31

Audrey Lee, Vice President of Energy Services at Sunrun, the number one company in residential solar with over 240,000 customers in 22 states, and over 1600 MW of solar deployed. Sunrun’s simple vision? To create a planet run by the sun!

Jamie Fine, Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) - Episode 30

Jamie Fine, Senior Economist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), gave up the pursuit of trading paper his whole life for a big house and a big Mercedes, and instead packed up his Toyota and headed off to California to help the environment.

Barbara Bry, Council Member, San Diego District 1 and Candidate for Mayor - Episode 29

Barbara Bry, is the City Councilperson for San Diego District 1 and running for Mayor of San Diego. She earned an MBA from Harvard, reported for the Sacramento Bee and LA Times, started and sold an internet company to Cisco, was a VP at ProFlowers.com.