Claire Broido Johnson

Co-Founder-SunEdison & Chief of New Markets Services at Next Step Living

Claire is CEO of CBJ Energy and Chief of New Markets and Services at Next Step Living.  Claire was Vice President at Serious Energy, managing the nascent commercial financing program. Prior to Serious, she was the Acting Program Manager of the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs and an energy efficiency advisor to Secretary Chu at the Department of Energy, where she guided deployment of $11 billion in stimulus funds for clean energy while also championing policies that expand the impact of public investment through engagement with private capital.

 

She is a Co-Founder of SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider (www.sunedison.com) where she was responsible for market development, renewable energy credit portfolio management, sales, marketing, finance and operations. She worked as an electricity deal originator and manager of long term renewable energy contracts at Constellation Power Source, Enron North America and GE Capital.

 

Mrs. Johnson holds a B.A. in Environmental Science & Public Policy from Harvard College, where she helped to create that major, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.