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Building Buy-In for Clean Energy Projects: The Developer’s Playbook
Building Buy-In for Clean Energy Projects: The Developer’s Playbook (March 2025) outlines how clean energy developers can expedite projects through community engagement and coalition building.…
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Promoting an all-encompassing clean energy transition at CERAWeek 2025
As the world adjusts to a changing political landscape, the CERAWeek 2025 theme— “Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex world”—rang particularly timely. EFIF leadership…
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EFI Foundation at CERAWeek 2025
The EFI Foundation (EFIF) had productive meetings and participated in several sessions at CERAWeek 2025 in Houston, Texas. CERAWeek is one of the preeminent global…
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2024 Annual Report
In 2024, the work of the EFI Foundation (EFIF) further solidified our position as a preeminent thought leader in crafting science-based solutions to achieve a…
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Letter from the Founder and CEO: Political Change and Climate Challenges
For a full recap of our past year of work, read the 2024 Annual Report. As 2024 ended, the United States experienced a historic political…
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Topic Experts
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Ernest J. Moniz
Founder and CEO
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Joseph S. Hezir
President and CFO
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April Salas
Chief Operating Officer
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David Ellis
Executive Vice President, Communications and Policy Outreach
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Alex Kizer
Executive Vice President
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Stephen D. Comello
Executive Vice President; Executive Director, Nuclear Scaling Initiative
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Madeline Schomburg
Vice President
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Lizi Bowen
Deputy Director of Communications
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Tatiana Bruce da Silva
Deputy Director of Research
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Minji Jeong
Research Specialist
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Sarah Frances Smith
Deputy Director
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Katelyn O’Dell Dean
Research Specialist
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Beth Dowdy
Project Manager
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Akhila Mullapudi
Research Analyst



















