Scott Jacobs is the CEO and co-founder of Generate, a leading sustainable infrastructure platform delivering affordable, reliable resource solutions to companies, communities, and cities. Prior to Generate, in 2007, Scott joined McKinsey & Company to co-found its global Clean Technologies Practice, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs, and governments around the world on the economic imperatives of resource productivity and climate solutions. Prior to that, Scott spent over a decade in technology and venture capital, helping start and grow a number of companies, including PolyServe (acquired by HP) and Alliance Data Systems (acquired by FiServ). Scott has dedicated much of his professional life to the “resource revolution” and is a regular writer, keynote speaker, and conference panelist on the topics of thematic investing and risk management, climate- and resource-related innovation, and building values-based and people-centric businesses. Scott earned his MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and his BA cum laude from Dartmouth College.

Jigar Shah is the president and co-founder of Generate. Prior to co-founding Generate, Jigar pioneered “no-money-down solar” as the founder and chief executive officer of SunEdison, which unlocked a multibillion-dollar solar market and made SunEdison the largest solar services company worldwide before its acquisition by MEMC. After SunEdison, Jigar served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global nonprofit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Jigar is the author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. His decades of business-model innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy prove that sustainability pays. Jigar holds an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Richard Kauffman is the chairman of the board of Generate and chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Beginning in January 2013, Richard served in the Executive Chamber of Governor Cuomo as New York State’s first energy czar and oversaw the state’s energy agencies. He stepped down from that role in January 2019 while continuing as chairman of NYSERDA; as such, he remains energy adviser to Governor Cuomo’s administration. Previously, he was CEO of Good Energies, a leading investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Richard was also managing director and chaired the Global Financing Group at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as vice chairman of Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities business and co-head of its Banking Department. Richard has also served as the chairman of the board of Levi Strauss and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Brookings Institution. Richard received an MA in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, and a BA from Stanford University.

Lynn Jurich is chief executive officer and cofounder of Sunrun, the nation’s largest dedicated provider of residential solar, storage, and energy services in the United States. With Sunrun co-founder Ed Fenster, Lynn invented the “solar as a service” business model that unlocked consumer demand for clean, affordable energy direct from residential rooftops. Today, with more than $4 billion in installed solar systems across the United States and Puerto Rico, Sunrun is revolutionizing how consumers get electricity. Before Sunrun, Lynn worked as one of few female venture capitalists at Summit Partners, where she completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors. Lynn was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2013 and Forbes’s Women to Watch in 2015. Lynn earned her MBA and a BS in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University.

Raj Atluru is a founder and managing director of Activate Capital. He has been investing in information technology and the energy and resource sectors since 1996, both domestically and internationally. Prior to Activate, he was a co-founder and Managing Director of Silver Lake Kraftwerk. From 2000 to 2011, Raj lead the cleantech efforts at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as its India operations. DFJ invested in pioneering companies in this sector including EnerNOC, Solar City, Tesla Motors, BrightSource Energy, Sea Micro, and Ping Identity. His primary areas of interest are renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, mobility technologies, and software and security solutions for the industrial and energy markets. Raj has served on numerous private and public boards and cofounded DFJ Element, the largest fund ever raised for the cleantech sector at the time. He has an MS and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Derek Chu is a senior investment director at AustralianSuper, which focuses on infrastructure investment origination and asset management, leading coverage of North American opportunities. He has previously worked at UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Babcock & Brown in asset management and investment banking roles, focused on infrastructure and general mergers and acquisitions across Australia, Asia, and the US. He has served on the boards of Plus ES, the unregulated subsidiary of Ausgrid, and of Sydney Transport Partners, the private shareholder SPV of WestConnex, a toll road scheme in Sydney, Australia. He has also been a member’s representative of Northern Star Generation, a US IPP. Derek holds both a BCom (with honors) and Bachelor of Law from the University of New South Wales.

Jeff Colin founded Baker Street Advisors, LLC in 2004. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and is the partner in charge of the firm’s Investment Strategy Group. Jeff began his career advising some of the nation’s wealthiest families in 1991. Prior to his current role, he served as the national head of wealth planning for Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, was the managing director in charge of the Private Client Division of Robertson Stephens, co-founded the Investment Advisory Services Group of myCFO, and worked as a vice president in the Private Client Services Division of Goldman Sachs. Jeff holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University as well as a BS from Northwestern University.

Jason Fish serves as co-founder, chairman of the Credit Committee, chief investment officer, and a director of Alliance Partners. He is also a director of Congressional Bank, and he was the co-founder, president, and chief investment officer of CapitalSource. From 1992 to 2000, he was a partner and managing member of Farallon Capital Management, a leading global private investment firm. Jason had overall responsibility for the firm’s real estate investment activities and was also responsible for both credit and private equity investing for Farallon and its affiliates. Before joining Farallon, Jason was senior vice president responsible for financial institution investment banking coverage on the West Coast for Lehman Brothers. Jason is a graduate of Princeton University and chairs the Bay Area Board of Teach for America.

Ross Israel has 28 years of experience in corporate finance and funds management with specialist skills in infrastructure, asset management, capital raisings, and mergers and acquisitions. Ross Israel co-founded QIC Global Infrastructure in early 2006. As head of global infrastructure, Ross provides overall leadership to the team, which currently manages 19 direct investments out of offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, London, and New York. As a member of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee, Ross has overseen all of the team’s investments. In addition to his infrastructure responsibilities, Ross is also a member of QIC’s Executive Committee Management. From 2000 to 2005, Ross was with AMP Capital, where he co-led the creation of the Diversified Utility and Energy Trusts (DUET), serving as its chief operating officer, and was seconded into the management joint venture between AMP Capital and Macquarie Bank established prior to DUET’s listing on the ASX in August 2004. Before joining AMP Capital, Ross was with ABN AMRO and BZW in their Australian Infrastructure Corporate Advisory and London M&A teams, and with Ernst & Young in its Sydney Corporate Tax division. Ross is a director of Pacific Energy, an alternate director of CampusParc, and a member of the Advisory Board of Cornell University’s Program in Infrastructure Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland.