Role:
Leads the company's business development, origination, strategy and operations. Originates new solar projects, prices and generates proposals, manages partners. Runs direct sales team. Manages marketing for company
Experience:
Claire Broido Johnson is a senior operations executive with a proven 25-year track record in successfully launching, managing, and scaling businesses and products that drive significant changes in critical industries, including clean energy. Claire is best known for her groundbreaking work at both SunEdison and the US Department Energy (DOE). In 2003, she co-founded SunEdison, which scaled the solar energy services market. At SunEdison, she sold the first Power Purchase Agreements to Staples and Whole Foods and raised the company’s first $60 MM in project financing. In 2009, she joined the Department of Energy, where she oversaw the deployment of $11 billion in Recovery Act funds to scale renewable energy and energy efficiency programs throughout the United States. She most recently served as COO of Fermata Energy where she operated the vehicle-to-grid company, and the Managing Director of the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), where she invested in 32 start-ups in less than 3 years.
Education:
MBA Harvard Business School
B.A. Harvard College, Environmental Science and Public Policy
Professional Affiliations:
Claire is on the board of Ally Energy, Clean Feet Investors, and Living Classrooms Foundation. Claire is a Key Advisor for CityRock Ventures, and an Advisory Board member of Upsurge Baltimore and Kanin Energy.
Personal Interests:
Marathon runner turned to Olympic distance and Half-Ironman (70.3) triathlons before torn meniscus in 2020. Conversant in French. Hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro and to Annapurna Base Camp. Enjoy personal travel, collecting art, organizing community events. Uber-connector and supporter of women dedicated to climate change entrepreneurship investments, clean energy, and all things science.
Quote:
Sunrock represents the realization of a vision my co-founders and I share: unlocking the cost and environmental benefits of solar, storage, and distributed energy solutions for organizations of all sizes. My goal is to bring solar to every creditworthy commercial and industrial rooftop in the US by removing the roadblocks for every company to access the capital that makes this possible."