Energy Resources & Access

Fellow, Trustee

Maria Martinez

2018 Fellow
Maria works to advance policies that bring innovative clean energy solutions to market and help the world achieve net-zero economy-wide emissions by 2050 at Breakthrough Energy. Prior to joining Gates Ventures and Breakthrough Energy, Maria...
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Jesse Strecker

2018 Fellow
Jesse is a student at the Energy and Resources Group and the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. His research is at the nexus of climate policy, labor economics, and equity, focusing on the political economy of efforts to...
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Candice Youngblood

2018 Fellow
Candice Youngblood is a passionate environmental justice lawyer and advocate. An asthmatic, she grew up in Los Angeles County living beside major freeways. Candice became motivated to protect the right to breathe clean air after realizing...
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Erik Grijalva

2018 Fellow
Erik Grijalva completed his PhD in restoration ecology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where his research revolved around understanding restoration and conservation approaches within highly modified ecosystems. His...
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Jonathan Moch

2017 Fellow
Jonathan Moch is a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow working in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Change and with the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Before arriving at the State Department...
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Daisy Benitez

2017 Fellow
Daisy is a senior consultant with EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services group where she supports client's with their sustainability strategy, circular economy development, as well as analyzing the climate and water risk associated...
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Jeremy Poindexter

2017 Fellow
Jeremy Poindexter is currently a Senior Battery Engineer at Sila Nanotechnologies, working on integrating silicon-based materials into lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles to enhance energy storage and increase vehicle range. He has...
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Adam Hasz

2017 Fellow
Adam Hasz is a Home Energy Rebates Implementation Advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy. He strives to advance a more equitable clean energy economy through research and planning. Prior to joining the Department of Energy, Adam earned a...
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Jolisa Brooks

2017 Fellow
Jolisa Brooks received her Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. At Yale, Jolisa's work focused on the geopolitics of energy development and the resource curse in the Balkans. During...
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Zineb Bouzoubaa

2017 Fellow
Zineb Bouzoubaa is a Senior Data Climate Specialist at Bloomberg, where she is part of the newly-formed GFANZ (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero) team. In this role, she uses data to drive the global financial sector’s work to ensure...