Gwen Yamamoto Lau is the Executive Director of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority (“Authority”), an agency attached to the State’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The Authority, Hawai‘i’s Green Bank, was constituted in November 2014 to administer a green infrastructure loan program to make clean energy investments accessible and affordable to Hawaii’s underserved ratepayers, stimulate private investments, and leverage innovative tools to mitigate risks and reach new markets.

In addition to its inclusive clean energy financing programs, the Authority also administers the federally funded State Small Business Credit Initiative’s HI-CAP Collateral Support and HI-CAP Loans Programs. On July 1, 2024, it launched its Commercial Property Accessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (HI C-PACER) financing program and plans on launching a Solar Hui Investment Program and Condo Financing Program next year.

Drawing from over twenty-five years of experience in conventional commercial financing, Gwen continues to find new ways to facilitate non-traditional financing tools to fill market gaps, bridge access to credit challenges, promote energy justice and increase economic development for the State of Hawaii.Active in her community, Gwen serves on the Board and Executive Committee for Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, as a Director for the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and as a Trustee of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Foundation. Gwen earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Graduate School of Banking.