Meet David

David connects the dots between infrastructure, VC, and government to build FOAK companies, projects, and funds.

David helped lead infrastructure policy and programs under President Obama including the Department of Energy’s $400B Loans Program Office. He was an early investor at Generation IM as well as in the carbon, utility scale renewables, and EV sectors. His portfolio of 40+ VC, government, and project investments include Tesla, Procore ($10B+ IPO), Climate Exchange ($600M+ carbon exit), Opus One (GE acquisition), Fervo, and many of the largest renewable energy projects of their time. In addition, he has built global partnerships including CHUEE ($1B+ Chinese energy lending program) and $7T sovereign wealth fund low carbon investment roundtable. His climate track record accounts to 7GT CO2 and $2T+ of catalytic impact.

David holds several advisory and board positions including Dartmouth’s Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Earthjustice, Terra Alpha Investments, and The Climate Trust as well as several climate growth companies. He is a sought after lecturer/speaker/writer at The Wall Street Journal, CERAWeek, Council of Foreign Relations, CTVC, Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Stanford University, SXSW, and the World Economic Forum.