Shawna is the Co-Founder and CEO at SustainEnergyFinance, a nonprofit committed to transforming Utah communities with accessible, equitable, and creative financial solutions that build a clean energy economy. She oversees the organization’s strategic development, creation of financing products, project pipelines, and fundraising from private and public capital. She brings 15 years of work experience in clean energy across program design and implementation, research and analysis, technical writing, and teaching. Her prior work includes private consulting as the founder of Elevated Energy Solutions and Advisors, the Managing Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at the Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development, and analyst for CNA – a dedicated Navy and Marine Corps research center. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of California Santa Barbara.