Board of Directors
Karen
Wayland
CEO, GridWise Alliance, and Principal, kW Energy Strategies
Dr. Karen Wayland is the CEO of GridWise Alliance. Through kW Energy Strategies, she also works with clients to advance clean energy policy. She served as senior advisor to the U.S. Speaker of the House and as a senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she established a state policy office for Secretary Ernest Moniz and was senior advisor to the deputy secretary. She was executive director of the Clean Energy Project, legislative director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and leader of the Earth and Marine Sciences Program at Earthwatch.
