Alex has over ten years of experience in energy policy, finance, and the private sector. Most recently, he helped found Seahorse Power, a renewable energy company with a mission of developing innovative new solar energy products that will help reduce transportation related emissions. Prior to Seahorse Power, Alex worked at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he participated on Governor Pataki’s Greenhouse Gas Task Force. He also served on two advisory committees that invested in over $7 million in renewable energy R&D projects in New York City and Long Island.
Before going to NRDC, Alex was a Financial Analyst at the investment bank Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc. where he helped to structure over $1 billion in municipal financing in the utility sector. He has also served as the Program Director for the New York Energy Efficiency Council, an organization that represented Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) in New York State electric deregulation proceedings.
Alex has an MBA from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, and a BA from Boston University in Environmental Science and Economics.