Breakthrough Energy Our Team

We’ve assembled a world-class team working to turn breakthrough innovations into commercial reality.

Teams

Rodi Guidero
Executive Director, Breakthrough Energy & Managing Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Aaron Bernstein
Vice President, Partnerships
Mike Boots
Executive Vice President, Breakthrough Energy
Mario Fernandez
Head of Catalyst
Ashley Grosh
Vice President
Aliya Haq
Vice President, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Cindy Leeper
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Ann Mettler
Vice President, Europe
Kate Mikesell
Chief Communications Officer
Robin Millican
Head of Strategic Initiatives and Integration
Carmichael Roberts
Business Lead, Investment Committee, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Eric Toone
Technical Lead, Investment Committee, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Megan Wenrich
Vice President of Development
Aarthi Ajit
Executive Business Administrator, Europe
Marcel Akhame
Associate, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Jack Andreasen
Manager, Carbon Management, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Peter Badenhausen
Sr. Associate, Catalyst
Meghan Bader
Director, Recruitment & Selection
Nishant Bagadia
Director, Partnerships
Adam Barnes
Sr. Manager, Technology Support Services
Daniel Bartkowski
Associate, Strategy & Operations, Partnerships
Farah Benahmed
Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Lauren Bentley
Manager, Operations
Mariano Berkenwald
Senior Associate, Europe
James Blake
Director, Catalyst
Madalina Bogdan
Sr. Executive Business Administrator, Europe
Gaëtan Bonhomme
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Sophie Brougham
Director, Grants Management
Jim Cabot
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Ken Caldeira
Senior Scientist
Taylor Carvalho
Senior Associate, Recruitment & Selection
Saad Chaudhry
Program Manager
Sandra Chavez
Manager, Partnerships
Esther Chen
HR Manager
Quinn Cornelius
Senior Director, Strategic Investments
Rosemary Cox-Galhotra
Senior Manager, Technology Management
David Danielson
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Tom Dean
Research Scientist, Contrails
Jonathan Eckart
Manager, Partnerships
Zeb Engberg
Research Scientist, Contrails
Cody Evans
Director, Catalyst
Sumble Farooqi
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Angie Fidler
Finance Director
Lucas Fleischer
Head of Creative and Content
Jon Fuller
Director, Europe
Ben Gaddy
Senior Director
Jocelyn Gallegos
Executive Business Administrator, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Christian Garcia
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Diego Garrison
Senior Associate, US Policy and Advocacy
Tina Gee
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Frederick Gervacio
Technical Support Engineer
Jolene Gurevich
Director, Fellowship Experience
Brenda Haendler
Director, Technology Management
Bryce Hample
Sr. Associate, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Conor Hand
Sr. Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Matt Harris
Director, Legal Counsel
Mark Hartney
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
David Heifetz
Communications Director
Brian Heimberg
Director, Partnerships
James Hewett
Manager, Policy and Advocacy, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Javier Jimenez-Blanco
Associate, Catalyst
Amber Jones
Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy Operations
Christie Jones
Senior Program Manager
Ani Kame’enui
Director, Strategic Initiatives, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Christina Karapataki
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Lisa Khanna
Associate Director, Catalyst
Sila Kiliccote
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Phil Larochelle
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Pénélope Le Menestrel
Manager, Europe
Loronda Lee
Sr. Director, Human Resources
Maria Leis
Senior Associate, Europe
John Lemmon
Senior Director of Innovation
Christina Lewis
Director, Content Strategy
Jourdan Lewis
Sr. Manager, Government Relations, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Royal Lewis
Technical Support Engineer
Kristen Liggett
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Shawn Liu
Legal Director
Yumarie Ortiz Lopez
Executive Business Administrator
Lidya Makonnen
Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations, Communications
Brian Mayers
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Abigail Mathieson
Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations
Maria Martinez
Director of Zero-Carbon Industries Policy, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Nick Masson
Lead Engineer, Contrails
Meghan McGill
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Alison Menon
Director, Communications
Megan Mielnik
Manager, Contracts and Corporate Governance
Jeff Momplaisir
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Claire Murray
Associate, Government Relations, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Philipp Offenberg
Director, Europe
Olivia Oo
Head of APAC, Partnerships
Francesca O’Malley
Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives
David Paolella
Manager, Research and Analysis, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Nisha Patel
Sr. Associate, Catalyst
Nick Perez
Associate, Catalyst
Chris Poirier
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Jordan Poncet
Sr. Associate, Europe
Matt Purdy
Senior Associate, Fellowship Experience
Rajeev Ram
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Abigail Regitsky
Sr. Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
Julia Reinaud
Senior Director, Europe
Cooper Rinzler
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Tom Rollason
Private Sector Engagement Manager, Europe
Ben Ruben
Director of Construction, Catalyst
Christopher Rivest
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Maximiliaan Sabbe
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Marc Shapiro
Director, Contrails
Cristina Shoffner
Sr. Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Betsy Sparks
Manager, Strategic & Internal Communications
Deanna Storey
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Emerson Stuart
Associate, Catalyst
Caroline Tilden
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Alberto Toril Castro
Manager, Europe
Terence Tse
Manager, Recruitment & Selection
Peter Turner
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Libby Wayman
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Karl White
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Tyson White
Director, Partnerships
Daniel Wolf
Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Adria Wilson
Director of Zero-Carbon Innovation Policy, U.S. Policy and Advocacy
Andrea E. Luteran Yackenovich
Lara Zeitoun
Sr. Grants Management Associate
Stefan Zlatev
Breakthrough Energy Ventures