We are thrilled to announce that Miranda Ballentine, founding CEO of the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance (CEBA), will be joining Green Strategies as a Senior Advisor to Green Strategies. During her decade leading CEBA, Miranda oversaw the growth of the team from 6 to 50 staff, increased revenued six-fold, and helped the CEBA member community add over 71 gigawatts (GW) of wind, solar, and storage capacity in the United States.
Before CEBA, Miranda was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 4th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment, & Energy) in 2014 where She was responsible for a $9 billion energy budget (including $7.5B in aviation fuel and $1.5B in electricity), as well as environmental programs for 9 million acres of land, 200 miles of coastline, 600,000 acres of forests, and 270,000 acres of wetland.
Miranda was named to the inaugural TIME100 CLIMATE list, honoring the 100 most influential climate leaders in business, and she has a history of successfully launching and overseeing clean energy and ESG strategies at executive levels in corporate, association, non-profit, and government sectors.
We have no doubt that Green Strategies’ work will benefit immensely from Miranda’s experience and passion in accelerating clean energy and solving climate change.