And yes, we want to change the world.
Our team is made up of experts in finance, law, public policy, development, construction, operations, and marketing. What ties us together? Talent, hustle, integrity, and a shared commitment to leading the clean energy transition.
Based in Manhattan but represented in Washington, D.C., the Hudson Valley, San Diego, Buffalo, and all across the country, our team of more than 70 professionals brings decades of deep experience to renewable energy investment.
Chief Executive Officer
Thom Byrne is Chief Executive Officer of CleanCapital. He leads the executive team responsible for the company’s strategy, its long-term track record, and the performance of its portfolio of distributed solar and energy storage assets. Under his direction, CleanCapital has organized its leadership around clear ownership of four core capabilities: origination, development, investment, and operations. Thom holds every part of the business to the same standard: consistent, scalable, and accountable performance over the long term.
President
Jon Powers is President and co-founder of CleanCapital. He leads the company’s external presence across strategic partnerships, industry leadership, and public policy, representing CleanCapital in the forums that shape the distributed generation market. Jon plays a central role in the industry coalitions and policy advocacy that support long-term growth across the sector, and his work strengthens CleanCapital’s standing with capital partners, policymakers, and industry peers.
Chief Growth Officer
Julia Bell is Chief Growth Officer of CleanCapital, leading the origination, acquisitions, policy, and offtake functions that generate the company’s deal flow. Under her leadership, origination runs through a single structure built on proprietary relationships and clearly defined target markets, designed to produce repeatable opportunities. Her team manages the acquisitions process from initial bid through closing and increases the value of existing assets through re-contracting and repowering. Julia’s work establishes CleanCapital as a source of consistent, proprietary deal flow in the distributed generation market.
Chief Legal Officer
Melinda Baglio is Chief Legal Officer of CleanCapital, leading the legal, governance, and enterprise risk functions that support every transaction and financing the company undertakes. Her team manages transaction legal work, corporate governance and approval controls, and compliance. Melinda’s leadership enables CleanCapital to move efficiently through transactions while managing legal risk and cost, and provides the governance foundation on which the company’s commitments rest.
Chief Operating Officer
Zoe Berkery is Chief Operating Officer of CleanCapital, responsible for the performance of the company’s operating assets, the integrity of its financial reporting, and the strength of its team. Her organization oversees asset management and operations and maintenance, the functions that determine how a portfolio performs once built, as well as accounting and human resources. Zoe’s team is accountable for the cost discipline and consistent portfolio performance that define operational rigor at CleanCapital.
Chief Development Officer
Brendan Canavan is Chief Development Officer of CleanCapital, leading the team that converts contracted projects into operating solar and energy storage assets on a predictable schedule. His organization brings development, interconnection, engineering, permitting, and construction into one accountable structure, carrying projects from acceptance through commercial operation. Brendan’s leadership is building the repeatable development track record that distinguishes CleanCapital as a trusted developer and partner.
Chief Strategy Officer
Carly Battin is Chief Strategy Officer of CleanCapital, responsible for translating company strategy into a consistent, evidence-based narrative for the audiences most important to CleanCapital’s future: investors, partners, communities, and employees. Her team owns business planning, communications, the company’s data and technology roadmap, and ESG and impact reporting. Carly also leads the company’s data and AI strategy, with a focus on connecting CleanCapital’s data into one reliable foundation and applying AI where it makes the business faster and more rigorous.
Chief Investment Officer
Winston Chen is Chief Investment Officer of CleanCapital, responsible for the investment strategy, underwriting standards, and capital markets activity that guide the company’s investment decisions. His team structures CleanCapital’s debt, tax equity, and corporate financing and applies the underwriting discipline that determines which opportunities the company pursues and on what terms. Winston also oversees energy markets, analytics, and portfolio finance. His leadership anchors the capital discipline that runs through every CleanCapital investment, from individual projects to the platform as a whole.
We are a leading renewables investor and asset owner with a proven track record of success. Our team of dedicated, collaborative professionals strives for excellence in everything we do—and we know how to have fun while delivering results. If you are passionate about clean energy, please check out our current openings.