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Ryan Kushner
Ryan is the cofounder of Third Derivative and leads their philanthropic partnerships. Background Ryan is an expert in climate technology innovation, commercialization, and acceleration. He…
Christi Widmar
Christi joined the Third Derivative (D3) Program in 2023 as the program operations lead. She works behind the scenes to provide operational support in project…
Pilar Carvajo Lucena
Pilar leads Third Derivative’s investments and fund partnerships, overseeing the investments of the D3 Accelerator Funds as well as capital strategy to support D3 startups…
Amy Yanow Fairbanks
Amy joins Third Derivative, a program of RMI, with over a decade of climate solutions-focused marketing, communications, events, and public relations experience. Background Most recently,…
Dr Charithea Charalambous
Charithea is a senior associate in research and diligence at Third Derivative, RMI’s start-up accelerator. Before joining Third Derivative, she led the technical work on…
