Jason is a principal for the Energy Transition Academy (ETA), RMI’s global training and workforce development platform for energy leaders to access curated information, tools, peer-to-peer problem-solving, and coaching networks.
Background
Jason has 15 years of experience years leading multi-disciplinary teams in the design and delivery of high-impact collaborations globally, including in sub-Saharan Africa, India, the Caribbean, the Arctic, South America, Europe, and across the United States. Jason’s areas of expertise include collaborative process design and facilitation, project and people accelerators, leadership development and capacity building, emerging energy technology, remote and islanded power systems, and energy access and international development. Jason joined RMI in October 2014.
Jason served as manager for RMI’s Electricity Innovation Lab (e–Lab for short) for five years, designing and leading collaborative processes, workshops, and meetings to support utilities, regulators, environmental and equity advocates, businesses, researchers, entrepreneurs, and communities to work together to solve the unprecedented challenges we face amid the energy transition. Prior to joining RMI, Jason was a program manager at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP), an applied energy research center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks focused on enabling and integrating energy systems in islanded micro-grids and remote communities. Jason led emerging energy technology programs for ACEP, the Denali Commission, and the State of Alaska. Jason has also worked for the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, BP, and the State Department in Fiji, and has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Vanuatu.
Education
Master of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
BS, Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University
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