Former Founding Director of SunShot Initiative and Former CEO of EPRI join Board of Advisors - Clean Coalition
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Former Founding Director of SunShot Initiative and Former CEO of EPRI join Board of Advisors

Dr. Ramesh and Mr. Yeager join a distinguished Board of Advisors, including more than a dozen energy and policy luminaries. 

Craig Lewis


The Clean Coalition is pleased to announce thatDr. Ramamoorthy RameshandKurt Yeagerhave joined its Board of Advisors. Dr. Ramesh served as the Founding Director of the Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative. During his two-year stint with the DOE, Dr. Ramesh managed all research and development activities for the agency’s Solar Program. Mr. Yeager served as President and CEO of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where under his leadership, EPRI evolved from a nonprofit industry think tank to a national coalition of utilities conducting leading research and development efforts for the electric power industry in the United States and 40 other countries.

Dr. Ramesh – the current Plato Malozemoff Chair Professor in Materials Science and Physics at the University of California, Berkeley – possesses vast experience leading clean energy research programs. His findings have been published extensively, and he has received numerous accolades for his groundbreaking scientific contributions. Mr. Yeager brings more than three decades of experience within the electric power industry to the Clean Coalition Board. As Vice Chairman of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, Yeager works with electricity experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create a model electric system that will prove substantially more efficient and reliable than the country’s current system.

Dr. Ramesh and Mr. Yeager join a distinguished Board of Advisors, including former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr., Jim Woolsey, Terry Tamminen, Dan Kammen, Amory Lovins, and more than a dozen other energy and policy luminaries. Full biographies for all the Clean Coalition Board of Advisor members are availablehere.

Craig Lewis

Founder and Executive Director

Craig founded the Clean Coalition in 2009 and has over 30 years of experience in policy and technology innovation, including the proliferation of Solar Microgrids and Community Microgrids. Prior to founding the Clean Coalition, Craig held numerous positions in the wireless, semiconductor, banking, and renewable energy industries. Previously VP of Government Relations at GreenVolts, he was the first to successfully navigate a solar project through California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard solicitation process. Craig was energy policy lead on Steve Westly’s 2006 California gubernatorial campaign. His resume includes senior government relations, corporate development, and marketing positions at leading wireless, semiconductor, and banking companies such as Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Barclays Bank. Craig received an MBA and MSEE from the University of Southern California and a BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.