I'm an energy engineer, policy advocate, organizer, and strategy advisor collaborating with others for systems change and a just transition.
I am the founder and executive director of Public Grids, a national non-profit organization expanding community ownership and democratic, local control of electric utilities. I am also a Fellow at the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive climate and economy think tank. And i represent my neighbors in San Francisco as a public member of the City and County's Local Agency Formation Commission.
From 2022 to 2023, i developed and published the People's Utility curriculum, a popular education resource about the history of electric utilities and electricity policy.
From 2021 to 2024, i was a founding board member of Collectrify, a community-led investment fund for the replacement of fossil fuels in our homes with clean, renewable electricity.
In 2021, i advised the Initiative for Energy Justice at Northeastern University School of Law as an interim director of their utility program.
Since 2017, i have advanced policy and movement capacity directly with Taproot Earth, California Green New Deal Coalition, NEWHAB, Energy Efficiency for All in California (and its member organizations), The Greenlining Institute, Energy Democracy Project, Energy Equity Project, Justice40 Accelerator, Energy Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, The Summit Foundation, Emerald Cities Collaborative, and supported many organizations and leaders not listed.
I have instructed full courses and provided guest lectures on energy systems, electricity policy, and climate justice at Stanford University, the University of California, the University of Michigan, and the University of Notre Dame.
By request, I advise on strategies to build collective power and win local, state, and federal policy for democratic, local control and public ownership of our climate assets.