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John Woolard is CEO of Meridian Energy and a Senior Operating Partner at Bay Area-based Activate Capital. He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the energy technology sector. Mr. Woolard previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of BrightSource Energy, where he led the development, construction, and commissioning of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California’s Mojave Desert. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Energy Corp, was Vice President of Energy at Google, and headed the Energy Management Solutions Group at Itron Inc. Mr. Woolard brings extensive experience in developing world-class clean energy projects, a technological background and understanding of software and grid modernization solutions, and is well versed in California’s regulatory and policy goals. He is a long-time California resident.
Mr. Woolard served as a director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and now serves as a director at FJM in Salt Lake City. He has served on the advisory board of the University of California, Berkeley’s Energy and Climate Initiative, as a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute and as a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
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