About Us — The EFI Foundation delivers evidence-based, pragmatic solutions to the world’s toughest energy challenges.
The EFI Foundation is a nonpartisan Washington-based registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public on issues relating to harnessing the power of technology and policy innovation to accelerate the clean energy transition.
The EFI Foundation adheres to the principle of analytical independence. The content it produces is branded and published on its website. In some instances (co-productions & partnerships), the EFI Foundation’s reports may be co-published on partner websites, in their entirety, and without change.
Under the leadership of Ernest J. Moniz, the 13th U.S. Secretary of Energy, the EFI Foundation builds on the prior work of the Energy Futures Initiative, a nonprofit organization co-founded by former Secretary Moniz in 2017. Reports by the EFI Foundation and the legacy work of the Energy Futures Initiative are available for download at www.efifoundation.org.
Independent Directors
Richard Meserve
Senior Of Counsel, Covington & Burling
Jeanette Pablo
Founder and CEO, Climate Equity Foundation
Clint Vince
Chair of Dentons’ US Energy Practice and Co-Chair of Dentons’ Global Energy Sector
Karen Wayland
Chief Executive Officer of the GridWise Alliance
Leadership
Ernest J. Moniz
Founder and CEO
Joseph S. Hezir
President and CFO
April Salas
Chief Operating Officer
David Ellis
Senior Vice President of Communications and Policy Outreach
Alex Kizer
Executive Vice President and Executive Director at H2DI
Stephen D. Comello
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Executive Director, Nuclear Scaling Initiative
Managing Director, Energy Futures Finance Forum
Madeline Schomburg
Vice President of Research
The Team
Lizi Bowen
Deputy Director of Communications
Tatiana Bruce da Silva
Deputy Director of Research
Madeline Cohen
Research Associate
Katelyn Dean
Research Specialist
Beth Dowdy
Research Associate
Michael Downey
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Brennen Drysdale
Project Manager
Sonia Griffen
Research Associate
Hannah Hirschhorn
Deputy Director of Operations & HR
Minji Jeong
Research Specialist
Alex Miller
Communications Associate
Melissa Montgomery
Executive Assistant
Paddy Ryan
Managing Editor
Sarah Frances Smith
Project Manager
Anusha Tamhane
Communications Associate
Distinguished Associates
Carol J. Battershell
Distinguished Associate
Jeffrey Brown
Distinguished Associate
Kateri Callahan
Distinguished Associate
Carmine Difiglio
Distinguished Associate
Jonathan Elkind
Distinguished Associate
David Foster
Distinguished Associate
Peter Fox-Penner
Distinguished Associate
David Goldwyn
Distinguished Associate
Michael Greenstone
Distinguished Associate
Howard Herzog
Distinguished Associate
David Heyman
Distinguished Associate
Kevin Knobloch
Distinguished Associate
Michael Knotek
Distinguished Associate
Robert C. Marlay
Distinguished Associate
Mike Ming
Distinguished Associate
Ronald E. Minsk
Distinguished Associate
Francis O’Sullivan
Distinguished Associate
Kathleen Peroff
Distinguished Associate
Dan Reicher
Distinguished Associate
Van Romero
Distinguished Associate
Alison Silverstein
Distinguished Associate
Mary Louise Wagner
Distinguished Associate
John Wall
Distinguished Associate
Michael E. Webber
Distinguished Associate
Martin C. Wilhelm
Distinguished Associate
Ellen Williams
Distinguished Associate
Lisa Wood
Distinguished Associate
Jacob Worenklein
Distinguished Associate
Global Advisory Committee
Lord John Browne of Madingley
Global Advisory Committee Chairman
Adnan Amin
Global Advisory Committee Member
Sally Benson
Global Advisory Committee Member
Charles B. Curtis
Global Advisory Committee Member
John M. Deutch
Global Advisory Committee Member
Alain Ebobissé
Global Advisory Committee Member
Heidi Heitkamp
Global Advisory Committee Member
Colette Honorable
Global Advisory Committee Member
Andy Karsner
Global Advisory Committee Member
Richard Meserve
Global Advisory Committee Member
Todd Mitchell
Global Advisory Committee Member
Franklin Orr Jr.
Global Advisory Committee Member
Ana Palacio
Global Advisory Committee Member
Maxine Savitz
Global Advisory Committee Member



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