The Schatz Center’s Advisory Board is composed of a distinguished group of leading professionals with expertise in a range of fields relevant to our work. The board provides the Center’s leadership with strategic advice regarding our activities and operations. Board members have also provided financial support for student fellowships and construction of our West Wing building addition. We appreciate all of this support and the board’s dedication to our mission.
Current and previous advisory members (left to right): Andrea Tuttle, Rick Duke (former), Jeff Serfass, Jack West (former), Christina Manansala West (former), David Rubin, David Katz, and Denise Helwig (former), and Directors Charles Chamberlin, Peter Lehman and Arne Jacobson. Not pictured: Anand Gopal, Allison Hansberry (Operations Director), Linnea Jackson, Jaimie Levin, Denise McKahn, Jon Stallman, and Beckie Menten.
- Anand Gopal, Executive Director Of Strategy And Policy, Energy Innovation
- Linnea Jackson, General Manager, Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District
- David Katz, Founder of Alternative Energy Engineering, a leading renewable energy supply firm
- Jaimie Levin, Senior Project Manager & Director of West Coast Operations, Center for Transportation and the Environment
- Denise McKahn, Associate Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability at Smith College
- Beckie Menten, California Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition
- David Rubin, former Director of Service Analysis, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Jeff Serfass, President of Technology Transition Corp., Washington, D.C.; Former Executive Director of the California Hydrogen Business Council
- Jon Stallman, Chief, Strategic Projects and Programs, Utility Partnerships and Innovation, Engineering Planning and Strategy, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Andrea Tuttle, former Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and consultant for forest and climate policy
