Jonah has worked in the realms of state economics and policy design for the past decade. He has authored academic research, reports, and bills in over 23 states, spanning topics including innovation, employment, infrastructure, climate and clean energy, supply chain, public health, food, and more. Prior to Greenline Insights, Jonah served as Policy & Research Director for Climate XChange, a national research organization that specializes in state-level climate policy. He graduated from Northeastern University and currently lives in Boston, MA.

Ashna uses analysis and data to demonstrate the value of clean energy and sustainability policies for communities. She has written and presented on this issue for a wide variety of audiences, including to the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She joins Greenline Insights from the U.S. Department of Energy, where she served as a Program Manager for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Strategic Analysis team, leading the electricity and industrial portfolios. Prior to that, she was a Senior Associate at RMI where she carried out state level climate policy analysis. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in Physics.

Faith brings 12+ years of operations and strategy experience spanning state policy, climate advocacy, and complex organizational operations. Her background includes supporting senior policymakers in the state legislature and overseeing program administration for the Massachusetts Climate Action Network. Most recently, Faith held senior operations roles with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s executive office where she built support strategies, led special projects, and oversaw executive-level operations. She is active in her South Shore community as an animal shelter volunteer and member of her public library support board.

George Rakushkin is a multidisciplinary research and technical consultant operating at the intersection of software development, data analysis, climate policy, and economic modeling. He specializes in backend development, Excel macros/VBA programming, and creating data dashboards. George’s professional experience includes working with economic modeling software, analyzing state climate policies and investments, and managing software projects. Before transitioning into research and technical consulting, he enjoyed a successful decade-long career as a professional musician, amassing over 300 million streams across platforms. George currently resides in Boston, MA.

Kriti is an environmental engineer and policy analyst who bridges the gap between science and policy by performing techno-economic analysis using Excel, R, and ArcGIS. She has worked at the intersection of international governance, energy policy, and electric mobility for about 3 years across various institutions like the World Resources Institute, the Center for Global Sustainability, Resources for the Future, and the Institute for Transportation Studies. She holds a Master's in Environmental Policy and Management from University of California, Davis and currently resides in Arlington, VA.

Stuart Iler is a mission-driven data and technical consultant with a background at the intersection economics, data science, and public policy. His professional experience spans nonprofit, academic, government, and private contexts, including as an analytics manager, data scientist, and policy analyst. His research and writing have covered a range of energy, environmental, and sustainability topics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from U.C. San Diego, a master’s in environmental management from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University.

Daniel Gatti is a climate and energy expert with over a decade of experience in clean transportation and climate policy, state government, and advocacy work. He recently served four years as Director of Clean Transportation Policy for the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, with prior roles at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Climate XChange, and Environment America. He holds a juris doctor degree from Georgetown University and currently resides in Massachusetts.

Weilong (David) Kong is a Ph.D. candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Prior to joining Pardee RAND, he was a public policy analyst at the Luskin Center for Innovation at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he conducted regional economic and environmental impact analyses on California’s climate investments and energy efficiency policies. Kong has an M.P.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.Ec. in Finance from Renmin University in China. His research interests include methods like Game Theory, Robust Decision-making, Economic Impact Analysis, and cost-benefit analysis; and topics including Great Power Competition, hybrid warfare, deterrence and escalation management, and workforce development for Defense Industrial Base.

Puneet Kollipara is a climate data scientist, geospatial analyst and science communicator based in Washington, DC. He currently works as an independent consultant, providing data-science, geospatial-analysis and communication and outreach services on a fractional, contractual and advisory basis to clients focusing on climate change, clean energy, the environment and conservation. An advocate of open data, open science and open source, he serves on the planning committee for FedGeoDay, the premier conference devoted to how open geospatial ecosystems support federal programs that advance disaster planning, climate resilience, infrastructure, food security, scientific research and more. A recent Climatebase Fellow and Climatematch Impact Scholar, he previously worked as a science/environmental journalist, with bylines in dozens of news outlets, including The Washington Post, Science, Chemical & Engineering News, Science News, Eos, Scientific American, Undark Magazine, Bloomberg and Houston Chronicle. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and economics from Washington University in St. Louis.

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