Whitney is an Associate on the Global Climate Finance team where she works on improving access to climate finance in least developed countries and supports the team’s Reinventing Climate Finance initiative to design a more holistic framework for financing decarbonization.

BACKGROUND

Prior to RMI, Whitney worked as an Analyst with NERA Economic Consulting. At NERA, Whitney supported utilities, regulatory commissions, and governments in the design and implementation of markets and auctions for energy procurement, environmental protection, and climate change mitigation. Whitney’s projects included a market for irrigation rights to protect freshwater resources, auctions for renewable resource generation, and the World Bank’s pilot facility to improve finance for projects that reduce greenhouse gases. Whitney has additionally worked with The Nature Conservancy on corporate engagement strategy for their global water funds and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale on carbon pricing communications.

EDUCATION

Master of Environmental Management, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

B.A. Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

LOCATION

Boulder, CO