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Emily Fairbank is the Commercial Partnerships Manager at Clearloop. Emily helps corporate partners of all sizes reach a wide range of sustainability and ESG goals. With nearly a decade of experience engaging with corporates, Emily prides herself on the deep relationships formed with her partners, not only supporting their needs, but the company’s vision for rapid and equitable decarbonization of the US electric grid. Emily holds a MS in Sustainability from Lipscomb University and lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and two cats.

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Wenqing is the Carbon Impact Analytics Manager at Clearloop, where she focuses on advancing the company’s climate and sustainability goals. By utilizing advanced analytics, she ensures the delivery of high-quality, high-integrity carbon solutions and develops systems that shape future strategies to maximize Clearloop’s carbon impact. Wenqing’s career began in international organizations such as the World Bank and IMF, where she worked across various development sectors to promote equitable growth in developing countries. She recently obtained her MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and is deeply passionate about sustainability and creating meaningful impact. Wenqing lives in Boston with her husband and was born and raised in Beijing, China.

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As Commercial Partnerships Senior Associate, Tucker helps build and nurture relationships with Clearloop’s corporate and university clients, ensuring their sustainability investments align with broader ESG goals. Tucker brings over 7 years of mid-market and enterprise sales experience to the Commercial Partnerships team, helping Clearloop scale and advance equitable decarbonization across the U.S. Originally from Philadelphia, Tucker completed his undergrad at Wake Forest University, and currently lives in Nashville, TN with his wife, Meg.

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As a Community Partnerships Associate, Kimani is responsible for engaging with community and national partners to amplify the social and economic benefits of Clearloop’s solar projects. Kimani believes it is vital to decarbonize the grid while tangibly improving the communities we build in, with a focus on higher education partnerships. He is a passionate environmental justice advocate, loves to travel, and most of all, meet with community members. Kimani is a proud New Orleans, Louisiana native and a graduate of Vanderbilt University.

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Laura Zapata is the CEO & Co-Founder of Clearloop, the climate solutions platform that helps organizations of all sizes—from small and medium sized-businesses to Fortune 50 companies to universities—tackle their carbon footprint and expand access to clean energy. Laura is a staunch advocate for accelerating grid decarbonization by investing in communities—like her own—that can benefit the most from the environmental, health, and economic benefits of new solar projects. Laura built Clearloop, now a Silicon Ranch Company, to capture the broader purchasing power of organizations seeking to invest in tangible climate action and unlock innovative funding mechanisms to bring clean energy projects to life more equitably across the country. Prior to starting Clearloop, Laura spent her career in hard-charging organizations across government and technology. Laura immigrated from Colombia with her family and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. Laura graduated from Dartmouth College and lives in Nashville with her husband.

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Focused on community partnerships, Karina is responsible for engaging with community and national partners to amplify the social and economic benefits of Clearloop’s solar projects. Karina is a strong believer that the renewable energy transition in the United States is a prime opportunity to create a more equitable energy grid, especially within the South. She loves to meet new people, see new places, and better understand the many diverse and valuable perspectives that Clearloop’s partners and community members hold. Karina is a Nashville, Tennessee native and a graduate of Vanderbilt University.

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As Head of Climate Policy for Clearloop, Winston Vaughan works to accelerate the decarbonization of the US electric grid and promote climate impact and equity. He comes to Clearloop with over 20 years of experience in sustainability and renewable energy including sustainability consulting, investor engagements, climate policy advocacy, campaign management, and new market development for clean energy companies. He has extensive experience advising health care institutions, investors, and major companies to advance climate solutions, develop clean energy strategies, plan for climate resilience, and support equitable and climate resilient communities. Prior to joining Clearloop, Winston served as the Senior Sustainability Strategist at Edison Energy. He graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Politics and Third World Studies.

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As Silicon Ranch’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Meram El Ramahi leads our marketing, communications, and branding strategies and initiatives for our portfolio of brands, including Clearloop® and Regenerative Energy®, driving brand awareness and promoting growth with a focus on strategic planning and leadership, brand management and positioning, public relations, corporate communications, and customer relations. With 20 years of experience leading marketing strategy and executing multi-faceted marketing campaigns in the energy sector for public, private, and federal agencies, Meram’s expertise and work supports Silicon Ranch’s mission to Making Solar Do More® and maximizing the economic impact of solar development for communities across our country. Meram earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Indiana and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, with a specialization in Integrated Marketing Communications, from the American University in Cairo.

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Bob Corney cut his teeth on local political campaigns in the late 1980s, embarking on a three decade career spanning politics, public service and public affairs with stints in the White House, Tennessee State Capitol and corporate C-suites. In addition to leading partnerships across Clearloop, he leads efforts to expand the ambition of corporate climate action through academic, institutional and advocacy efforts. At the core of this work is a common sense focus on decarbonizing the US electric grid, expanding access to clean energy for all and ensuring robust and tangible economic and social benefits in the communities currently getting left behind in the clean energy transition.

Corney has lived in Nashville on and off since childhood and makes it home once again with his wife and children.

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A big believer that there are lots of ways of getting things done. Phil Bredesen is a former Nashville Mayor, Tennessee Governor, CEO, and a successful serial entrepreneur. As mayor of Nashville, Bredesen founded the Land Trust for Tennessee, which has protected more than 126,000 acres to date. As Governor, Phil Bredesen helped establish Tennessee’s largest conservation effort since the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, saving 127,000 acres in the Cumberland Plateau. As a businessman, Bredesen founded Silicon Ranch, one of the largest solar Independent Power Producers in the country. Today, Governor Bredesen is using his experience in the public and private sector to help build Clearloop as a helpful tool for companies of all sizes to make their climate investments have tangible social and economic benefits in communities across Middle America.