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CEVG partners are seasoned executives and entrepreneurs who can provide both hands-on management support and guidance.
Anne Slaughter Andrew
Former Ambassador to Costa Rica
Energy Policy, Board Governance & DEI Expertise
Mark Bernfeld
Entrepreneur, investor, and teacher.
Empowering environmentally and socially responsible entrepreneurs.
Bill Brady
Renewable Energy and Advanced Materials Industry Expert
CEO/Founder Kula Bio, Monolith Materials, Mascoma Corporation, Cabot Corporation
Michael Brower
Renewable energy innovator and entrepreneur
Co-founder AWS Truepower, VP Underwriters Laboratories
Gina Foote
Director of Impact Investments, Conservation Law Foundation
Private equity, investment banking, and executive operations
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 3 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
Raffi Mardirosian
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Izuba Energy
ClimateTech company builder, advisor, and investor
Mike Mcgurk
Intellectual Property (IP) Expert
34+ years expertise in IP law, IP due diligence
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
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
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
John santoleri
10+/30+ years of climate/venture investing
$800mm+ invested; additional $800mm+ raised; 30+ boards; 5 IPOs
Peter Schweinfurth
Sustainability projects and angel investing
2 dozen startups and a dozen boards, education and municipal experience
Cara Tobin
20+ years Enviro Engineer, water energy nexus
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
John Wisniewski
12 years of private equity and venture capital investment experience
18 years of industry experience
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
Chris Aidun
Clean energy/climate change activist in sub-Saharan Africa
Co-Founder and Partner of Persistent Energy Capital, Africa’s Climate Venture Builder
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
Michael Robertson
30+ years US & UK energy & investment sectors
Shell, Merrill Lynch, SGWarburg, IBJ
