Judges

THANK YOU to the professionals below who volunteered their time and expertise to review materials, watch LIVE pitches, ask pointed questions, score and deliberate in order to surface the most promising companies, according to CTO's criteria.

National Finals Judges:
Jason Blumberg, Energy Foundry
Bhargavi Chevva, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Faith Davis, Exelon Climate Investment Fund
Chloe Holzinger, The Engine
Melissa Kopolow, Albright Stonebridge Group
Louis Schick, Clean Energy Ventures

National Semi-Finals Judges:

Alex Thornton

Brett Dvorak

Chantala Chanthasiri

Chelsea Burns

Deborah Knuckey

Douglas Dagan

Eric Hafter

Jamie Garrett

Jane Obbagy

Jesús Lozano

Jim Totty

Katharine Hawthorne

Kevin Jones

Kevin Ku

Kim Kolt

Maria Saltz

Matt Mccooe

Menashe Zelicha

Mike Schultz

Olivier Marie

Pavina Adunratanasee

Prachi Sukhatankar

Pranay Kohli

Priya Rawat

Rajan Kasetty

Robert Parker

Shirley Gee

Steve Hoffman

Steven Landau

Global Ideas Finals Judges:

J.A. Colantonio, NREL – National Renewable Energy Lab
Steve Hoffman, 10K Law, Washington DC
Rajan Kasetty, The 22 Fund, LACI - LA Cleantech Incubator
Menashe Zelicha, ClimaTrade, Israel
Jacob Solzberg, NGIN – Network for Global Innovation

Global Ideas Semi Finalist Judges:

Al Mabrouk

Avi Singh

Elena Foukes

Franco Mora

Hitesh Soneji

Josh Schein

Julia Byrd

Larry Smith

Laura Fox

Laura Kimes

Mahi Singh

Marcus Chee

Nisar Shaikh

Radhika Lalit

Roger Dettloff

Ryan Taylor

Scott Dailey

Tetyana Kletskova

Tom Harvey

Vivek Phanse

Yuet Lee

Panel Facilitators:

Angela Devore

Bettina Grab

Susanne Hayes

Tetyana Kletskova

Yuet Lee
Vivek Phanse

Stan Tomsic

Beth Zonis