Board of Directors
Clinton Britt, Board President
Clinton Britt is President of Grove Climate Group, LLC, which he founded in January 2021. The firm helps corporations, startups, nonprofits, universities, and others achieve their climate goals by working at the intersection of federal and state policy. In this role, Clinton has advised gubernatorial staff, delivered remarks to state legislators, convened federal and state leaders, designed successful public policy and marketing strategies, and more.
With nearly 15 years of public policy experience at the federal and state levels, Clinton most recently spent 12 years working for Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), including 8 as his Chief of Staff overseeing a team of 30 people and a multi-million-dollar annual budget. During the 116th Congress, he was a part of the bipartisan, bicameral Stennis fellowship program.
Clinton received his MA in Government from Johns Hopkins University, where he earned an honors designation for his thesis, and his BA in Political Science from New York University. Clinton lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.
Clinton is the President of SEEC Institute’s Board.
Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-7)
Congresswoman Doris Matsui has been the Sacramento region’s U.S. Representative since 2005. She represents the issues that are important to all in the region, including creating jobs, improving economic security for working families, ensuring access to affordable, quality health care and education, supporting our seniors, and improving the Sacramento region’s flood protection and transportation infrastructure while combating climate change.
Doris serves as a senior member of the important House Energy and Commerce Committee. As the Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology subcommittee, as well as a member of the Energy, Climate, and Grid Technology subcommittee, she crafts legislation addressing the critical issues facing our nation today, including policies related to health care, energy, technology, consumer protection, food safety, environmental quality, and American manufacturing.
In addition to her committee work, Doris holds leadership positions in a number of Congressional Caucuses. She serves as Founder and Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, Co-Chair of the Rare Diseases Congressional Caucus, Co-Chair the Nature and Oceans Task Force, and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition.
Doris grew up on a family farm in the Central Valley. She met her husband, the late Congressman Bob Matsui, while attending the University of California, Berkeley. Before being elected to the House of Representatives, Doris worked as a member of President Clinton’s transition team, and served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant to the President.
Doris has a son, Brian, and a daughter-in-law, Amy, and two grandchildren, Anna and Robby. She is happily married to Roger Sant.
Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-20)
A lifelong resident of Amsterdam, New York, Paul has served as a progressive champion in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009. He studied at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, where he earned a degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. As one of the few engineers in Congress, he takes a unique, measured and analytical approach to legislating. It’s the same approach he took as the President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), as well as during his twenty-five years in the New York State Assembly.
As a senior member on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce – in addition to the Ranking Democratic Member of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee – Paul continues to push for a clean energy economy that enhances public health and pioneers an emerging market for new jobs.
Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) is a national leader in clean energy, environmental justice, coastal protection, and addressing the climate crisis. She was first elected to Congress in 2006 and represents Florida’s 14th Congressional district, which includes Tampa and parts of Hillsborough County.
Castor has a long-established track record of standing up for a clean and healthy environment, supporting clean energy jobs and promoting environmental justice. She started her professional career enforcing environmental and growth management laws to protect Florida’s wetlands, coastline, endangered species and sensitive lands. As a Hillsborough County Commissioner in Tampa, Florida, Castor served as chair of the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC), which is charged with protecting the air, water, wetlands and lands of the large and diverse county, including delegated elements of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts.
In 2020 and 2022, led by Castor, Democratic members of the former House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (SCCC) unveiled comprehensive plans to combat climate change, invest in the clean energy economy of the future and make our communities healthier and more resilient. The reports lay out detailed, ambitious, actionable and equitable climate solutions.
In 2022, Castor stood alongside President Biden as he signed the most ambitious climate legislation in U.S. history into law. The Inflation Reduction Act – which includes many climate solutions named in the SCCC reports – is helping lower costs, creating good-paying jobs and cutting U.S. carbon emissions.
Castor serves on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has legislative jurisdiction over a range of energy and environmental issues. She is a native Floridian, a graduate of Tampa’s Chamberlain High School, Emory University, and Florida State University College of Law.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (VA-4)
Jennifer McClellan was elected to Congress in a special election in 2023, becoming the first Black woman to serve from Virginia. She is a member of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and has introduced crucial climate legislation, including the bipartisan Coordination for Soil Carbon Research and Monitoring Act and a House resolution highlighting the unique risks climate change and environmental pollution pose to children. She is an original cosponsor of the landmark A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act. She serves on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.
McClellan has served the greater Richmond, VA area in elected office for nearly twenty years. Throughout her 18 sessions in the Virginia General Assembly, McClellan passed over 370 pieces of legislation, including landmark bills to protect and expand voting rights, combat climate change, preserve reproductive health care, and enhance workers’ protections and labor rights. McClellan championed passage of the Virginia Clean Economy Act to make the Commonwealth the first state in the South with a 100% renewable clean-energy standard. She also passed legislation to democratize access to solar energy technologies.
Ernest Moniz
Ernest J. Moniz is the Founder and CEO of the EFI Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy future.
Professor Moniz (pronounced MO-neez) served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2013-2017, where he advanced energy technology innovation, nuclear security and strategic stability, cutting-edge capabilities for the American scientific research community, and environmental stewardship. In that role, he strengthened the Department of Energy (DOE) strategic partnerships with its 17 national laboratories while producing energy policies that attracted bipartisan support. Since 2017, he has also served as Co-Chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Professor Moniz was a key architect of the Paris Agreement on climate change and Mission Innovation at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21). He has spearheaded international initiatives that placed energy, science, and technological innovation at the center of the global response to climate change.
Lisa P. Jackson
Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.
Lisa oversees Apple’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment by addressing climate change through renewable energy and energy efficiency, using greener materials, and inventing new ways to conserve precious resources. She also leads Apple’s $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, focused on education, economic opportunity, and criminal justice reform — and is responsible for Apple’s education policy programs, its product accessibility work, and its worldwide government affairs function.
From 2009 to 2013, Lisa served as Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she focused on reducing greenhouse gases, protecting air and water quality, preventing exposure to toxic contamination, and expanding outreach to communities on environmental issues.
She has also served as chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and as commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Lisa holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University. She serves on the boards of Tulane, SF Film, Conservation International, and the American Film Institute.
Ian Harrison
Ian is the President of Bipartisan Climate Action and Bipartisan Climate Fund (PAC), supporting incumbent members of Congress from both sides of the aisle who will pass significant, enduring and bipartisan legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
As an engineer, entrepreneur and partner at Deloitte with years of experience in global financial services, Ian understands the practical, social and political complexity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. BCA's role is to help experienced incumbent members of Congress, who serve on relevant committees, understand how Congress works and understand all sides of the climate change challenge - stay in office.
Ian believes that passing significant and enduring and bipartisan legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can also grow the American economy, create American jobs and advance America's energy independence.
Katie McGinty
Kathleen “Katie” McGinty is Vice President and Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer for Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings technology. Katie serves on the Executive Committee of the company, reporting to the CEO, and helps drive Johnson Controls top tier sustainability performance including recognition as one of the World`s 100 Most Sustainable Corporations, MSCI AAA, Ecovadis Platinum, and CDP Leader Band. Katie has over 25 years of public and private sector experience, and she is a recognized innovator in clean energy and environmental protection.
Katie’s public sector career includes serving as the first woman to chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality and as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton (1993-1998). She was also the first woman to serve as Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection (2003-2008), and as Chair of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (2004-2008). Katie served on the delegation of the United States negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change, shaped legislation implementing the Montreal Protocol and served as senior policy and strategy lead for the United States in the Kyoto Climate Treaty negotiations.
Katie currently serves on boards including the International Steering Committee of the World Sustainable Development Summit, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, the Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, the Energy Futures Initiative, Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation, and MN8 Energy (formerly Goldman Sachs Renewable Power).
Katie holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from St. Joseph's University and a law degree from Columbia University. She served as a Senior Visiting Fellow at TERI in New Delhi, India. She is the recipient of awards and recognitions including honorary doctorates from Muhlenberg University, Dickinson College, and Clarion State University. Katie is also recognized for her commitment to the environment, including being named "Woman of the Year" by the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment, one of the Top Women in HVAC list of ACHR News, one of the Top 100 Women in Sustainability List by Sustainability Magazine, one of Constellation Research’s ESG 50, number one in Business Chief’s Sustainability Leadership, one of WomenInc Magazine’s Most Influential Women Executives in America, and one of 25 women honored for climate leadership by GreenBiz.
Sam Ricketts
Sam is a co-founder and partner at S2 Strategies. He has spent his career advancing clean energy and climate progress at both the federal and state levels. He is a former longtime adviser to Governor Jay Inslee, including serving for five years in the Washington state governor’s office, and leading climate policy and strategy for Inslee’s influential 2020 presidential campaign.
Prior, Sam was the first executive director for the Congressional Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC).
Most recently, he co-founded and was head of policy for the climate advocacy organization Evergreen Action, and has served as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), where he launched the center's State-Federal Climate Initiative. Sam hails from Seattle, attended Syracuse University, and now lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children.