Maria Jiang

Maria currently works in clean energy finance as an investment banking associate at Marathon Capital where she oversees M&A for a variety of energy infrastructure and financing structures. 

She graduated from the MEM/MBA program at the Yale School of Management and Yale School of the Environment with an interest in driving clean energy solutions. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a supply chain consultant driving strategic initiatives through policy impact studies, M&A, category management, and strategic sourcing at over a dozen utilities across North America. 

Maria graduated with honors from Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management (Business) with a concentration in Environmental and Resource Economics and a minor in Environmental Science. During this time, she held various internships in U.S. carbon cap-and-trade, including at RGGI, the Environmental Defense Fund, and ICIS. 

Maria previously interned in Business Management for NextEra Energy Resources, Marathon Capital, and Philadelphia Green Capital. In school, she served as the co-host and producer of Pricing Nature, a carbon pricing podcast through CBEY and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Council at the World Bank, the co-president of SOM’s Energy Club and Asian American Pacific Islander Association, and a den parent for the YSE-SOM joint-degree community. 

Outside of school and work, Maria enjoys working on and riding bikes and cooking for friends.