Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate Program

People

CEED fosters a community of clean energy leaders, spanning participants, Yale faculty, graduate students, practitioners, and industry experts, united by a shared commitment to advancing equitable clean energy development. Meet the program leaders, collaborators, and student fellows who bring that community to life.

FDCE and CEED Reunion, 2025

Program Leaders

Faculty

Gerald Torres
Professor of Environmental Justice at Yale School of the Environment
Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Faculty
Gerald Torres
Sarah Slusser
Managing Director at Point Reyes Energy Partners
MBA 1988
Alumni, Business Leaders, Experts
Sarah Slusser
Jaime Carlson
Head of Commercialization & Market Risk at SB Energy
MBA 2009
Master of Environmental Management 2009
Alumni, Experts
Jaime Carlson
Michel Gelobter
Executive Director at Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment
Affiliates, Experts, Faculty
Michel Gelobter
Robert J. Klee
Senior Lecturer at Yale School of the Environment
Managing Director of Clean Energy Programming at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Ph.D. 2005
J.D. 2004
Master of Environmental Management 1999
Alumni, Faculty, Staff
Robert J. Klee
Kenneth Gillingham
Professor of Environmental & Energy Economics at Yale School of the Environment
Faculty
Kenneth Gillingham
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Staff

Stuart DeCew
Alumni, Staff
Executive Director at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
MBA 2011
Master of Environmental Management 2011
Stuart DeCew
Coral Bielecki
Alumni, Staff
Online Programs Director at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Master of Environmental Science 2018
Coral Bielecki
Sakhi Ataye
Staff
Online Programs Associate (Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate Program) at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Sakhi Ataya
Heather Fitzgerald
Staff
Managing Director at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Staff Lead, Business and the Environment Learning Community at Yale School of the Environment
Heather Fitzgerald
Catherine Kennedy
Staff
Online Programs Administrator at Yale Center for Business and the Environment
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Student Teaching Fellows Team

Davis Recht
Alumni
Master of Environmental Management 2026
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Destiny Traloar
Students
Graduate Research Fellow at National Science Foundation
McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellow at Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Ph.D.
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Collaborators and Guest Experts

Svetlana Gabrilyan
Alumni, Experts
Project Developer at EDF Renewables, Inc.
Master of Environmental Management 2021
Svetlana Gabrilyan
Bradley (Brad) Grams
Alumni
Regional Environmental Program Manager at U.S. DOT/Federal Aviation Administration | Northwestern University
Finance and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate 2023
Brad Grams
Emily Basham
Experts
Associate Director at Connecticut Green Bank
Yale Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate 2020
Emily Basham
Margaret Tallmadge
Alumni
Director of Development at Navajo Power, PBC
Master of Environmental Management 2020
Maggie Tallmadge
Liz Kalies
Alumni, Experts
Lead Renewable Energy Scientist for the North America Region of The Nature Conservancy
Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke University
Master of Environmental Science (MESc) 2004
Liz Kalies
Karlis Povisils
Alumni, Business Leaders
Senior Vice President of Development at Apex Clean Energy
MBA 2010
Karlis Povisils
Ifeoma Dike
Experts
Chief Sustainability Officer at CrossBoundary Energy
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Matt Traldi
Alumni, Experts
Founder and CEO at Greenlight America
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Student Development Team

Jamie Yates
Alumni, Students
Master of Environmental Management (MEM) 2023
Jamie Yates
Yinhao Wang
Alumni
Master of Environmental Management 2024
Yinhao Wang
Chiara Agnello
Alumni
Clean Energy Online Programs Associate at CBEY
Master of Environmental Management (MEM) 2023
Chiara Agnello
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