Leadership & Staff
Director, Clean Energy Institute
Boeing-Sutter Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor of Chemistry
Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar
Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director of Communications & External Relations
soffen@uw.edu | 206-685-6410
Managing Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
mpomfret@uw.edu | 206-685-6833
Faculty Advisory Board
David Ginger
FAB Chair
Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor of Chemistry
Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar
Robert J. Campbell Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
PI and Director of DIRECT
Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Endowed Career Development Professor
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Advisory & Tech Councils
CEI’s Advisory Councils include clean energy leaders from industry, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Tech Council
- Craig Husa CEO, SuperCritical Technologies [Council Co-Chair]
- Tess Williams, Ph.D. Co-Founder & Principal of Sound Grid Partners [Council Co-Chair]
- David Benson Partner, K&L Gates
- Susan Betcher Partner, Firmwide Co-Chair, Cleantech Industry Practice Group, Perkins Coie, LLP
- Katy Briggs Global Service Area Leader, Renewables Advisory, DNV GL – Energy
- Jeff Canin Board Member & Element 8 Fund Manager
- Byron Crawford Renewable Development Manager, Amazon Web Services
- Dave Curry Chairman & CEO, Demand Energy Networks, Inc
- Renee Gastineau Client Development Manager, Paladino
- Stephen Jones Business Line Director, Renewables Advisory, DNV GL
- Curt Kirkeby Technology Strategist, Avista Utilities
- Kevin Klustner Executive Director, UW CAMCET
- Jun Liu WRF Innovation Chair in Clean Energy and Campbell Chair Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Rick Luebbe CEO, EnerG2
- Daniel Malarkey Senior Fellow, Sightline Institute
- Uzma Siddiqi Technology Principal Engineer, Seattle City Light
- Ben Straughan Partner, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Perkins Coie, LLP
- Lawrence Tsang Project Executive and VP of Strategy for Convergent Energy + Power
Advisory Council
- Jack Faris Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide [Council Co-Chair]
- Susannah Malarkey Lecturer, UW Foster School of Business [Council Co-Chair]
- Dan Caldwell Project Director, McKinstry
- Denis Hayes President & CEO, Bullitt Foundation
- Gwen Holdmann Director of the Alaska Power and Energy Center in Fairbanks
- Alvin Kwiram Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Former VP for Research, University of Washington
- Ross Macfarlane Former Senior Advisor, Climate Solutions
- Kirt Montague CEO, Plum Energy, LLC
- Eileen Quigley Director, Clean Energy Transition Institute
- Tom Ranken President & CEO, CleanTech Alliance
- Gretchen Sorensen Principal, The Sorensen Group
- Mark Torrance Founder, Mark Torrance Foundation, UW Foundation Board Member
- Dr. Malin Young Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory