Building a Clean Energy Future: The Intersection of Technology, Policy and Finance
Dan Reicher
Abstract:
Building a clean energy future -- the planet's greatest challenge and opportunity -- will require an
unprecedented integration of technology, policy and finance on a global scale. Dan Reicher, who has
served three U.S. presidents, led energy initiatives at Google, and is a major player in US clean energy
finance, will explore this critical topic. Reicher, who was Assistant Secretary of Energy under President
Clinton and a member of President Obama's Transition Team, currently heads the Steyer-Taylor Center
for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University and is a faculty member at the business and law
schools.
Bio:
Dan Reicher
Dan Reicher is the Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at
Stanford University, a joint center of the Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business,
where he also holds faculty positions. Reicher earned his BA in biology from Dartmouth College and a JD
from Stanford Law School. He also studied at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and MIT.
Reicher has more than 25 years of experience in energy technology, policy, and finance, including
serving in the Clinton administration at the Department of Energy as Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy and recently as a member of President Obama’s Transition Team.
Reicher came to Stanford University in 2011 from Google, where he served since 2007 as Director of
Climate Change and Energy Initiatives.
Before his position at Google, Reicher served as President and Co-founder of New Energy Capital Corp.,
a private equity firm funded by the California State Teachers Retirement System and Vantage Point
Venture Partners to invest in clean energy projects. He also served as Executive Vice President of
Northern Power Systems, one of the nation’s oldest renewable energy companies.