James Koehler

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James Koehler is an expert in energy markets, innovation, sustainability, and ESG integration. Koehler is a recovering oil and gas analyst who transitioned to cleantech to help build a renewable energy economy. He has served in multiple leadership roles, most recently in building and expanding a venture-backed firm specializing in solar, storage, and software. As Chief Strategist, he led commercial underwriting and market expansion across 12 states and 30 new markets, leading to 400% YoY revenue growth.

Koehler spent eight years on Wall Street and as a director at Berkeley Research Group, a global economic consulting firm with $400 million in annual revenues. During this time, he created a graduate-level course at Georgetown University focusing on energy markets, sustainability, and regulation and served a one-year term as President of the U.S. Energy Economics Association (DC chapter). Koehler has spoken at dozens of public and private forums in the U.S. and abroad on the opportunities and challenges in combating climate change and integrating clean energy alternatives into a traditional system of production, delivery, and consumption. He started his career as an advisor in the U.S. Senate as well as for former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.