Amy oversees the Fund’s investment activities and operations. Her career spans over 20 years of high technology entrepreneurship, private equity, and research. Prior to the Fund, she served as co-founder and CEO of technology accelerator Clean Energy Trust which has invested in dozens of early-stage clean energy companies across the Midwestern US. Amy also held roles at private equity firm MVC Capital and Stanford Research Institute. Earlier in her career, she was co-founder and CEO of a tech company that she sold to Lego Systems.

Amy serves on Advisory Boards for the WISER Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry. In 2014, she was awarded the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award from the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and Leading Woman in Technology from the Illinois Technology Association. She has a BA from Stanford University.

Amy currently sits on the Board of Directors for Aquilon and SparkCognition.

John brings over ten years of experience in finance, investing and operational roles. He is integral to all aspects of the Fund’s operations, including leading sourcing efforts, developing investment theses, driving diligence of potential investments, and supporting and monitoring portfolio companies. Previously, John was a venture capital associate for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ Green Growth fund, where he focused on platform investments at the intersection of technology and energy.

Most recently, John was one of the first employees and ultimately scaled into the Chief Revenue Officer at Choose Energy, the largest online energy marketplace in North America. At Choose Energy, he led all operations and growth and raised over $30 million in capital. In 2017, John managed the successful sale of the company to RedVentures. John holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS from Duke University.

John currently sits on the Board of Directors for DroneDeploy, Nozomi Networks and Volta Charging.

Juan brings nearly a decade of experience in finance and investing. He is integral to all aspects of the Fund’s operations, including leading sourcing efforts, developing investment theses, driving diligence of potential investments, and supporting and monitoring portfolio companies. Previously, Juan worked at J.P. Morgan, where his work ranged from business analysis and research to advising institutional investors on portfolio allocation and private investments.

Juan holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude.

Juan currently sits on the Board of Directors for Nozomi Networks and Aquilon.

Katie has over a decade of experience in the energy industry, with responsibilities across corporate affairs, communications strategy, brand development, and policy. As Director of Market Development, she helps deliver the Fund's strategic value to limited partners and entrepreneurs. Katie is responsible for developing business leads for the Fund's portfolio companies, helping portfolio and pipeline companies navigate and leverage the network, and leading the marketing and communication efforts of the Fund.

A clean energy leader with valuable industry experience and connections, she was previously Vice President of Public Affairs for Invenergy - North America's largest independent renewable energy generation company. She holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a BA from DePauw University

Katie currently sits on the Board of Directors for DroneDeploy.

Lori has over 18 years of experience in accounting for both public and private companies in the power, real estate and retail industries.

Most recently as Controller and VP - Accounting, she was responsible for Invenergy’s accounting, financial reporting and settlements departments.

Before joining Invenergy in 2009, DeLuca was a Senior Manager in the Chicago audit practice at Deloitte. Lori is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from Texas A&M University.

Tyler is focused on supporting the Fund's operations at every level: sourcing, due diligence, portfolio company support, and investor relations.

Prior to joining the Fund, Tyler worked at Accenture Strategy, where he shaped new business models and investment plans for Fortune 500 utilities and private equity. His work focused on distributed energy resources, regulatory innovation, grid modernization, and transportation electrification.

Prior to Accenture, Tyler developed commercial solar PV and energy efficiency projects for an energy services company.

Tyler holds a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University, where he was an Egleston Scholar.

Ayanna has twenty years of experience in office management and administration in multiple industries, ranging from broadcasting, institutional and retail finance, academia, public relations, trade show production, and corporate real estate.

She joins Energize Ventures from the Big Ten Network where she was the Executive Assistant to the President and Executive Office Administrator.

Ayanna has also supported senior officers at both Merchandise Mart Properties and Ariel Investments.

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With over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, and as founder of Invenergy (the largest privately-held clean energy company in North America), Michael Polsky is widely recognized as not only a pioneer, but a leader in the cogeneration and independent power industry.

Michael is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding Invenergy, Michael found SkyGen Energy in 1991—a developer, owner and operator of natural gas-fueled generating plants—which was later purchased by Calpine Corporation in 2001. And before that, Michael co-founded and was President of Indeck Energy Services Inc., a developer, owner and operator of power generation projects.

Michael holds an MSME Degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

In 2002, Michael endowed a center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, which is proudly named after him.

Jim Murphy has more than 30 years of financial and management experience, primarily in the energy industry, having managed the negotiation and execution of more than $20 billion in private equity and debt investments, power plant acquisitions and sales and project debt and equity financing.

Jim is a member of Invenergy’s founding group, and is responsible for the general management of the company, as well as corporate and project finance, risk management, and asset optimization.

Jim is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

Prior to the formation of Invenergy, he was Chief Financial Officer at SkyGen Energy, LLC, and previously was a Vice President, with financial advisory and investment firm The Deerpath Group, Inc., and a manager with Arthur Andersen.

He earned a BS from the University of Illinois, magna cum laude, as well as CPA certification.

Jim currently sits on the Board of Directors for Volta Charging.