RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE

Meet the RTC Team: Our Board & Staff

Board

Kevin Rabinovitch

RTC Board President

Vice President, Global Sustainability

Mars

David Gardiner

RTC Interim Executive Director

President

David Gardiner and Associates

Brad Townsend

RTC Treasurer & Secretary

Vice President, Policy and Outreach

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Jennifer DuBuisson

Senior Director, Sustainability

Levi Strauss & Co.

Aliya Haq

President

Clean Economy Project

Virginia Lacy

Founder and Principal

N+1

Trina Mallik

Senior Advisor / Principal, Climate and

Equity Consultant

Eco Equity / Lotus Climate Solutions

Martin A. Spitzer

Vice President, Corporate Climate

Engagement

World Wildlife Fund

Gregory Wellman

Decarbonization Platform Leader

Eastman

 

Staff

The Renewable Thermal Collaborative is facilitated by staff from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), David Gardiner and Associates (DGA), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Staff lead workstreams, communicate and consult with Members and Solutions Providers, develop tools and resources, and advise in policy advocacy matters, among other roles in directing and growing the Collaborative. 

David Gardiner

RTC Interim Executive Director

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Ruth Checknoff

Vice President, Renewable Thermal

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Daniel Riley 

Director, International Corporate

Climate Partnership

World Wildlife Fund

Perry Hodgkins Jones

RTC Membership Director

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Daniel Galis 

RTC Europe Director

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Michelle Charochak 

RTC Project and Research Director

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Melissa Hulting

Director for Industrial Decarbonization

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

 

Cihang Yuan 

Deputy Director, Corporate Climate

and Renewable Energy

World Wildlife Fund

Carlos Claussell Velez

Manager, Climate, Community Benefits

& Social Impact

World Wildlife Fund

Ladeene Freimuth 

Manager, Renewable Energy Policy

World Wildlife Fund

 

Francesco Aimone 

Industrial Electrification

Senior Fellow

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Elina Vanuska

Industrial Decarbonization Fellow

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

 

Tess Machi

Senior Industrial Policy Analyst

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

 

Alyssa Kagel

Consultant

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Sasha Kreis

Research Associate

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Oren Lieber-Kotz

Senior Associate

David Gardiner and Associates

 

Benjamin Hunt

Senior Policy Advocate,

Policy and Government Affairs

World Wildlife Fund