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

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    Renata Simril

    President and CEO, LA84 Foundation

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    John A. Pérez

    Vice President, Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners

  • Kathleen Brown

    Kathleen Brown

    Fmr. Treasurer, State of California

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    Joe Edmiston

    Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    Robyn Beavers

    Former Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Blueprint Power

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    Jonathan Weisgall

    VP of Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

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    Bob Foster

    Board Member, EPCOR Utilities

  • A woman with long brown hair, glasses, and a red shirt under a black blazer, standing in front of an American flag and a dark blue background.

    Laura Friedman

    Congresswoman, 30th district of California

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    Timothy McOsker

    15th District, LA City Council

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    Dr. Kelly Sanders

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

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    Panama Bartholomy

    Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

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    Dean Wiberg

    CEO, Montauk Technologies

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    Bob Hertzberg

    Sr. Advisor, Mission Possible Partnership

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    Varun Sivaram*

    Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council of Foreign Relations

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    Cecelia Estolano

    Founder & CEO, Estolano Advisors and Better World Group

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    Allan Emkin

    Managing Principal, Meketa Investment Group

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    Christine Harada

    Former Sr. Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

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    Jerry Meral

    Former Deputy Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

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    Jeremy Davies, OBE

    Senior Advisor, VerdeXchange Institute

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    Martha Welborne

    Senior Advisor, HR&A

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    Michael George

    Delta Watermaster (2015-2023), State of California

  • A young woman with long, dark brown hair and a bright smile, wearing a black top and small hoop earrings, against a white background.

    Dana Choi

    MURP, University of California Los Angeles

  • A smiling older man with gray hair, a mustache, and light skin, wearing a dark turtleneck, against a gray background.

    Zev Yaroslavsky

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

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    Mike Levin

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

  • Mary Nichols

    Mary Nichols

    Co-Chair, Commission on the Future of Mobility

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    Jack Baylis

    President and CEO, The Baylis Group

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    Evan Birenbaum

    Senior Program Manager. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)