C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium 2014: MITEI Executive Director Martha Broad and U.S. Department of Energy Senior Advisor to the Secretary Ahsha Tribble welcome guests to the first day of the symposium.
About the speakers:
Martha Broad
Executive Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Martha Broad is the executive director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which addresses global energy challenges through member-sponsored research, education, and outreach programs. As part of the MITEI leadership team, she is helping to link science, innovation, and policy to transform the world’s energy systems.
With more than 20 years of experience in organizational management in the energy and sustainability fields, Broad has worked extensively with business, government, and nonprofit stakeholders to forge successful public-private partnerships. She works closely with MIT member companies who together have pledged over $30 million annually for MIT research on a spectrum of topics, including energy storage, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies.
Prior to MITEI, Broad was the director of knowledge development at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the first state agency to focus primarily on clean energy economic development. During her nine-year tenure, she managed a number of award-winning programs related to green electricity, wind development, and the commercialization of clean energy technologies.
Broad began her career as a Capitol Hill lobbyist for the Natural Resources Defense Council, earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and subsequently launched and managed two successful green companies: a unique for-profit green auto insurance agency owned by the Conservation Law Foundation, and the Rainforest Crunch Company, a Ben and Jerry’s spin-off that sourced sustainably harvested Amazon rainforest ingredients and donated profits to rainforest preservation.
Ahsha Tribble
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
As a senior advisor to the Secretary of Energy, Ahsha Tribble works across the department to define and integrate capabilities to carry out DOE’s responsibilities for emergency response, incident management, and department and industry preparedness and short-term resilience actions—all in service of the department’s efforts to enhance the security, reliability, and resilience of the nation’s energy infrastructure. Her role is a key part of the Secretary’s emphasis on strengthening management and performance across DOE. Prior to DOE, Tribble served over three years on the White House National Security Council. During that time, she served as the interim deputy homeland security advisor, senior director for response, and director of critical infrastructure protection and resilience. She led or supported the White House response coordination for major disasters including Hurricanes Sandy and Irene; the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster; major flooding on the Mississippi River and in Colorado; numerous tornado outbreaks; and the West, Texas chemical plant explosion. Prior to joining NSC, Tribble spent ten years in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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