John Woolard

John M.
Woolard was the founder of Silicon Energy Corp., founded in 1997, where the titles held included Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer in 2003.
Mr. Woolard is also the founder of Meridian Clean Energy LLC..
Mr. Woolard currently serves as a Director at Activate Permanent Capital Corp.
and as an Advisor at Activate Capital Management LP.
Former positions include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Brightsource Energy, Inc. from 2011 to 2013; Independent Director at PG&E Corp.
from 2019 to 2021; Director at the University of California, Berkeley from 2016 to 2018; Board Member at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. from 2019 to 2021; Vice President-Software Solutions & Strategy at Itron, Inc. in 2005; Vice President-Energy at Google LLC from 2014 to 2016; Entrepreneur-in-Residence at VantagePoint Management, Inc.; Principal at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Member at Sierra Club; and Principal at Cleantech Group LLC.
Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Haas School of Business.