Leia Guccione is Chief Program Officer at RMI, where she oversees the organization’s systems and sector programs, driving enterprise-wide strategy, integration, and impact. She also serves as Managing Director of RMI’s Transportation and US Buildings programs, leading efforts to accelerate electrification and transform transportation systems and the built environment to deliver an affordable, efficient, and pollution-free energy future.
She partners with senior leaders across government, industry, and finance to advance market-shaping strategies, scalable business models, and modern regulatory frameworks that support a clean, prosperous, and secure economy. Under her leadership, multidisciplinary teams combine rigorous analysis with high-impact collaboration to catalyze systemic change.
Her expertise spans utility transformation and innovation, equitable energy solutions for low-income and frontline communities, industrial decarbonization, distributed energy resources and microgrids, and stakeholder-centered market and policy design.
Background
Before joining RMI, Leia served in the US Navy as a nuclear-trained Surface Warfare Officer and continues to serve in the US Navy Reserves as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer. She graduated from Iowa State University with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Political Science and has a Master of Science in Sustainable Development from the University of London. She is a Professional Engineer, licensed in the State of Colorado.
Education
MS, Sustainable Development, University of London
BS, Mechanical Engineering and Political Science, Iowa State University
Professional Engineer, P.E., licensed in the State of Colorado
Location
Boulder, CO
