Rebecca guides the Midwest team’s work to build and demonstrate strong public demand for a clean energy future. Working in close partnership with grantees, allies, and U.S. Energy Foundation policy and communications experts, she develops and funds strategies that achieve ambitious policy goals in the power, buildings, transportation, and climate sectors.

Before coming to U.S. Energy Foundation, Rebecca spent 25 years as a clean energy advocate, most recently with Vote Solar, where she was responsible for developing the strategy to maximize deployment of solar power in the Midwest. She previously served as Vice President of Policy and Energy Markets at SolarCity and the Deputy Director for Policy, Midwest Program, at Natural Resources Defense Council. In 2013 Rebecca received one of the first awards for advocacy given by the prestigious C3E program, a project of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative and the U.S. Department of Energy, which recognizes 10 mid-career women in energy each year.