Dahvi Wilson

For over a decade, Dahvi has dedicated her career to enhancing community engagement approaches for clean energy siting. Through her company Siting Clean, Dahvi currently co-leads an initiative called the Siting Clean Collaborative, helping to advise and connect members of the non-profit, academic, renewables industry, and philanthropic sectors who are working to tackle the local challenges associated with siting and permitting clean energy infrastructure. She also advises clean energy companies on strategies for integrating public acceptance risk assessment into their businesses and building out new community engagement functions within their teams.

Prior to founding Siting Clean, Dahvi served as the Vice President of Public Affairs for Apex Clean Energy, where she built and directed an industry-leading public affairs team, focused on preserving and enhancing clean energy’s license to operate in statehouses and communities across the nation. Under Dahvi’s leadership, Apex’s public affairs team developed a uniquely politically savvy approach to community engagement, based in relationships and rooted in a campaign mentality. During her time in the industry, Dahvi also helped found the American Clean Power Association’s Local Affairs Committee, serving as its first chair. Dahvi has served in leadership roles with numerous community, government, and nonprofit organizations, specializing in strategic development, community relations, and communications. Dahvi is a board member of the Institute for Western Energy, an Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Science and Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, an Advisory Board Member of the Energy Leadership Institute, and a member of the City of Lafayette Planning Commission. Dahvi holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Yale University and a BA from Brown University.