ACORE Announces 2025 Class of New and Returning Board Members

January 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), the oldest nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to expanding the use of clean energy technologies and businesses, today announced its new Board class for 2025.

Effective January 1, eight new members joined the ACORE Board of Directors:

Michael Arndt; President, North America; Recurrent Energy
Jade Garrett; Founder; Positive Deviancy
Elizabeth Kaiga; Chief Commercial Officer, Energy Systems, North America; DNV
Martin Pasqualini; Managing Director, Partner; CCA Group
Steve Ryder; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Clearway Energy Group
Sarah Webster; Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Market Development; Pattern Energy
James Wright; Managing Director and Co-Head, U.S. Corporate Banking; CIBC Capital Markets
Laura Zapata; CEO and Co-Founder; Clearloop

The following nine current Board members were elected or appointed to new three-year terms: Vikas Agrawal, Goldman Sachs; Will Conkling, Google; Mona Dajani, Baker Botts; Will Demas, Macquarie Asset Management; James Giamarino, Ørsted Americas; Kevin Gresham, RWE Clean Energy; Vishal Kapadia, Walmart; Shannon Kellogg, Amazon; and Meghan Schultz, Invenergy.

“As we begin this pivotal year for the clean energy industry, we’re grateful to have this group of leading professionals on ACORE’s Board of Directors,” said ACORE President and CEO Ray Long. “ACORE’s Board includes a diverse set of interests representing finance, technology, development, manufacturing, energy buyers, and service companies. These individuals contribute their expertise and advice toward the policy analysis and research that is the foundation of ACORE’s work.”

For more information and a full list of ACORE’s Board of Directors, please visit https://acore.org/about/board-of-directors/.

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About ACORE:
For over 20 years, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) has been the nation’s leading voice on the issues most essential to clean energy expansion. ACORE unites finance, policy, and technology to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. For more information, please visit http://www.acore.org.

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