VX Advisory Board

  • Mike Wallace

    Mike Wallace

    Chief Decarbonization Officer, Persefoni

  • Stephen Cheung

    Stephen Cheung

    President/CEO, LA County Economic Development Council/World Trade Center-Los Angeles

  • Renata Simril

    President and CEO, LA84 Foundation

  • John A. Pérez

    Vice President, Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners

  • Kathleen Brown

    Kathleen Brown

    Fmr. Treasurer, State of California

  • Joe Edmiston

    Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

  • Dennis McGinn

     Admiral (ret) & Fmr. U.S. Assistant Secretary/Boardmember, US Navy/ EPRI

  • Sara Neff

    Sara Neff

    Partner/ GM, Sustainability Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft

  • Brian Jordan

    Brian Jordan

    Vice President, Tetra Tech

  • Heather Repenning

    Heather Repenning

    Executive Officer of Sustainability Policy, LA Metro

  • Ross Zelen

    Ross Zelen

    Chief Committee Consultant, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

  • Felicia Marcus

    William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University Water in the West

  • Arnab Pal

    Arnab Pal

    Sr. Advisor & Consultant, US Department of Energy

  • Matt Horton

    Matt Horton

    VP, Research & Policy, LAEDC

  • Cathy Reheis Boyd

    Cathy Reheis-Boyd

    President & CEO, Western States Petroleum Association

  • Tak Yokoo

    Tak Yokoo

    Founder and Chair, Japan Hydrogen Forum

  • Jim Kelly

    Director, S&C Electric

  • Lex Heslin

    Lex Heslin

    CEO, Enso Infrastructure LLC

  • Earl Blumenauer

    Earl Blumenauer

    Congressman (Ret.), Oregon’s 3rd District

  • Daniel Weiss

    Daniel Weiss

    Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Angeleno Group

  • David Nahai

    David Nahai

    President, David Nahai Consulting Services, Inc.

  • Robyn Beavers

    Former Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Blueprint Power

  • Jonathan Weisgall

    VP of Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

  • Bob Foster

    Board Member, EPCOR Utilities

  • Laura Friedman

    Congresswoman, 30th district of California

  • Timothy McOsker

    15th District, LA City Council

  • Dr. Kelly Sanders

    Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California

  • Panama Bartholomy

    Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

  • Dean Wiberg

    CEO, Montauk Technologies

    Board Member, Balboa Geolocation Inc.

  • Bob Hertzberg

    Sr. Advisor, Mission Possible Partnership

  • Varun Sivaram*

    Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council of Foreign Relations

  • Cecelia Estolano

    Founder & CEO, Estolano Advisors and Better World Group

  • Allan Emkin

    Managing Principal, Meketa Investment Group

  • Christine Harada

    Former Sr. Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

  • Jerry Meral

    Former Deputy Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

  • Jeremy Davies, OBE

    Senior Advisor, VerdeXchange Institute

  • Martha Welborne

    Senior Advisor, HR&A

  • Michael George

    Delta Watermaster (2015-2023), State of California

  • Dana Choi

    MURP, University of California Los Angeles

  • Zev Yaroslavsky

    Director, Los Angeles Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy

  • Mike Levin

    Congressman, California's 49th District, US House of Representatives

  • Mary Nichols

    Mary Nichols

    Co-Chair, Commission on the Future of Mobility

  • Jack Baylis

    President and CEO, The Baylis Group

  • Evan Birenbaum

    Senior Program Manager. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)