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CEVG partners are seasoned executives and entrepreneurs who can provide both hands-on management support and guidance.
Merrick G. Andlinger
30 years in clean tech as a VC/PE investor, board member, CEO, Executive Chair. Multiple IPOs
Former investment banker and adjunct professor
Anne Slaughter Andrew
Former Ambassador to Costa Rica
Energy Policy, Board Governance & DEI Expertise
Michael Brower
Renewable energy innovator and entrepreneur
Co-founder AWS Truepower, VP Underwriters Laboratories
Scott Brown
Founder, former chairman, New Energy Capital
Member, First Solar founding management team
Board member of Mercy Corp, Conservation Law Foundation (NH chapter)
Amy Davidsen
25+ yrs driving climate and sustainability solutions and maintaining faith in humanity’s survival instinct.
Former ED of the Climate Group, NA and Founder + Director of JPMorgan Chase Office of Environmental Affairs
Gina Foote
Director of Impact Investments, Conservation Law Foundation
Private equity, investment banking, and executive operations
Martin Flusberg
Serial technology entrepreneur with 30+ years in energy efficiency & sustainability
Consultant, board member and mentor.
Raffi Freeman
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Izuba Energy
ClimateTech company builder, advisor, and investor
James Fritz
Climate focused R&D Executive and former DOE Senior Advisor
30+ years developing and commercializing hard tech solutions
Eric Graber-Lopez
President and Co-Founder, BlueWave Solar
20+ years investing in the cleantech, energy and resource sectors and board roles
Kedar Gupta
CEO, GT Solar, ARC Energy, and SC Fluids
Board of Directors of several High Tech companies, including 6K Inc.
Renu Gupta
EVP, ARC Energy Founder, RKS Ventures LLC.
Experienced HR professional and Board Member
John Harper
30+ years of renewable power & emerging market project finance
Serves on two CEVG portfolio company boards
Bengt Karlsson
Co-founder of HKS, creator of ABAQUS software used globally
20 years experience as angel investor and board representative
Sven Karlsson
Biotech entrepreneur, Co-Founder and COO PlateletBio
Venture Partner AlleyCorp
Steve Kaufman
20 years CEO/COO/President of cleantech and high-tech companies
20 years investing angel/PE/VC/bank funded firms
Nora Mead Brownell
Former FERC Commissioner & Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner
Aspires to be kind and curious.
Francois Odouard
US General Manager BluWave-ai, a Canadian energy optimization company
30+ years tech/data executive with IBM, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Tom O’Keefe
Climate policy organizer & angel investor focused on climate finance and data
Based between NYC and Mumbai & active in crypto since 2013
Tom Permatteo
Serial Software and Technology Entrepreneur
Founder, Green Business Benchmark, Vertuous LLC, IzzitGreen.com
Investor and Advisory Board Member with Delve Labs, Planora, Visual IQ
Matt Rosenfeld
Experienced renewable energy developer.
Entrepreneur in energy and education.
Stan Sakai
CEO of EMS Capital Management, Boston and Tokyo
Led institutional/fund investments in North America and Asia, including 5 IPOs
Laury Saligman
25+ years sustainable business, marketing, natural systems
2 start-ups, Air Products, Conservation International
Peter Schweinfurth
Sustainability projects and angel investing
2 dozen startups and a dozen boards, education and municipal experience
30 years in the DOE National Labs
Built clean energy programs in multiple sectors
Advises/mentors start-ups
Cara Tobin
20+ years Enviro Engineer, Founder, Angel investor with focus on water energy food nexus, Innosuisse, Green Climate Fund, Stanford MS, ETH Swiss PhD
Mitch Tyson
Former tech CEO, current – board member, mentor, angel, lecturer.
Co-Founder NECEC, Partner CEVG, MIT grad.
Jeff Weiss
Former serial CTO with focus on technology and IP
Sr. Venture Partner with CEV and Investment committee of Prime Coalition and Azolla Ventures
Zaurie Zimmerman
30+ year building industry expert, Founder, CEO, and Chairperson
Author, Practical Passive Solar Design and Land Development, McGraw-Hill
Coleman Adams
CFO Nth Cycle (CEVG portfolio company)
10+ years investing in the cleantech and resource sectors and board roles
Warren Adams
25+ years experience as entrepreneur, investor, and advisor
Conservation (Chile), food system, and climate tech
Mark Bernfeld
Entrepreneur, investor, and teacher.
Empowering environmentally and socially responsible entrepreneurs.
John Bobrowich
Experienced clean energy CEO, entrepreneur,investor, advisor, board member
Leadership at GE, Siemens, Toshiba, ReGENco & CEV Venture Partner
Jean-Noel Poirier
Co-founder E8 Ventures, ex EMD CEVG
CEO Inventec Performance Chemicals; Global executive at Honeywell, First Solar, Global Solar Energy
Adam De Sola Pool
Founder Central Europe’s 1st cleantech VC funds
CEO, Continental Wind Partners, Ocean-tech Investor, mentor
Wanda Reindorf
20+ years Clean Energy/Sustainability sector. CFO, advisor, boards, lecturer
Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (SASB) certified
