MEET ENERGY ALLIES

The secret to successful work isn’t just about innovation – it’s about finding the right people to innovate with purpose together.

Executive Director

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she/her
residing in the territory of the Piscataway of the Nacotchtank

Yesenia has been a community organizer from the start, working alongside climate-impacted communities. Her first-hand experiences of energy insecurity mobilized her to become an advocate for the elimination of barriers to solar for all. Yesenia Rivera started her career as a law student and Student Attorney for the Community Development Clinic. Then, as housing counselor and tenant organizer for the Latino Economic Development Center. She joined Solar United Neighbors in 2017 as DC programs Director and was promoted to Director of Energy Equity and Inclusion in 2019 where she launched a program that installed 0.5 MW of solar on income-qualifying households. At Energy Allies, we are building a people-centered culture inside and out to center communities in the climate movement.

Director of Development

/bˈɛn/
he/him
residing in the territory of the Nipmuc nation

Operations Associate

/ˈæli/
she/her
residing in the territory of the Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), and Ndé Kónitsąąíí Gokíyaa (Lipan Apache)

Program Director

/daɪˈænə/
she/her
residing in the terriroty of the Naumkeag people and the Mattakesset Tribe of the Pawtucket

Program Manager

/ᵻlˈi/
he/him
residing in the territoy of the Mattakesset Tribe of the Pawtucket

Communications Manager

/kæsɑ̃dɹᵊ/
she/her
residing in the unceded territory of the Aucocisco Band of the Wabanaki

Program Coordinator

/ˈiv/
she/her
residing in the territory of the Lenapehoking (Lenni-Lenape)

Community Engagement Coordinator

/wˈuːwətˌuː/
she/her
residing in the territory of the Pawtucket

Development Associate

/kˈæt/
they/them
residing in the territory of the Ohlone Tribe of the Ramaytush and Muwekma

Energy Equity Fellow

/[tʃ]'ɪmi/
she/her
residing in the territoy of the Mattakesset Tribe of the Pawtucket

About Our Team

We are building a movement rooted in energy justice and energy democracy to co-design democratized clean energy systems that build wealth in climate-impacted communities via a decentralized energy grid.  Our staff are a group of passionate individuals dedicated to this mission of putting people first.

Our Board

Since our founding, our board has seated a majority of women of color.

Portraits of the 2019 Dial Fellows. Photographed at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, CA on August 21, 2019. Steph Speirs.

Steph Speirs

Co-Founder & CEO
Solstice Power Technologies
she/her

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Sandhya Murali

Co-Founder & COO
Solstice Power Technologies
she/her

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Sabrina Dupré

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
OneTen
she/her

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Sara Chandler

Managing Director of Equity & Access
Elemental Excelerator
she/her

Crystal Johnson

Founder, Senior Energy Consultant & Senior Environmental Planner
Integrative Sustainability & Environmental Solutions
she/her

Ben_Healey

Ben Healey

Chief Commercial Officer
PosiGen
he/him

Gwen Ruta

Executive Vice President
Environmental Defense Fund
she/her

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