Rachel Ross

Rachel Ross is a global energy executive with twenty years of experience building coalitions and driving transformative programs to accelerate the clean energy transition across technology, government, and power sectors. Most recently, she was deputy chief sustainability officer at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), where she aligned cross-functional stakeholders from suppliers to C-suite, unlocked third-party financing, and led teams to scale adoption of advanced energy technologies for the nation’s largest energy user. Rachel was also chief of staff to the secretary of the Army, serving as principal advisor to the CEO equivalent of a one-million-person organization with an annual budget of more than $170 billion. Rachel previously led the advisory practice of the clean energy firm Allotrope Partners, where she managed programs to advise more than 20 electric utilities and unlock renewable energy procurement opportunities for more than 25 commercial and industrial companies in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Rachel founded Myanmar Energy Partners, where she conducted sustainable energy market assessments and developed strategies in-country for more than 10 clients, including pioneering the Rockefeller Foundation renewable energy microgrid program. Earlier in her career, Rachel held various energy and strategy roles at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Aspen Institute, and within the Operational Energy division of DOD. Rachel holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.