Executive TeamExecutive Team
Jigar Shah
CEO

A renowned visionary committed to renewable energy, Jigar Shah launched SunEdison in 2003 based upon a business plan he developed in 1999 for a university class. That plan became the basis of the SunEdison business model: Simplify solar as a service. This model changed the status quo, allowing organizations to purchase solar energy services under long-term predictably priced contracts and avoid the significant capital costs of ownership and operation of solar energy systems. Under Shah’s guidance, SunEdison pioneered the solar power services agreement (SPSA) model, which has turned solar services into a multi-billion dollar industry. SunEdison now has more solar energy systems and megawatts under management than any other company.

Shah is an expert on energy project finance, changing energy policy, working with entrenched stakeholders, convincing different type of customers to embrace energy technology. Today, Shah works closely with some of the world’s leading influencers and guides policy makers around the globe on key issues surrounding renewable energy, global warming and sustainability. Shah holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MBA from The University of Maryland. He sits on the boards of the Prometheus Institute and Greenpeace USA.

Peter Boyd
COO

Peter Boyd brings to the Carbon War Room over 15 years of experience in strategy, marketing, operations, and business development.

Peter serves as COO, joining the War Room as Director of Operations for the Carbon War Room (CWR) in February 2009, following over ten years in the Virgin Group. Peter was integral in starting CWR, he served as the Launch Project Director, when the initial concept was first instigated in Necker Island in 2008.

As COO, Peter focuses his time on developing the strategy in the three pillars of CWR: Network Engagement, Research and Operations. Focusing on ensuring the War Room’s vision becomes a complete and fully integrated operational plan; Peter leads the formulation of CWR strategy, systems, and operational guidance.

Peter is based in London and Washington DC. He previously served for two years as CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa, leading the first and only Virtual Mobile Operator on the African continent, tripling its size over the period. Prior to that, he was VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA in New York, leading the launch of the inaugural Virgin Festival USA and its Pro-social initiative, while the company grew from 0.5m to 5m customers. This followed various managerial and marketing roles in the Virgin Group in London.
Peter’s started his career at McKinsey & Company (working in London, India and South Africa) after graduating from Oxford University with BA Honours in Philosophy, Politics & Economics.

Ann Davlin
Director of Development

Ann Davlin has more than 20 years of experience in capital raising, brownfields development and government and environmental policy arenas, including six years in the environmental insurance industry.

As managing director, Bayberry Green Fund, a division of Bayberry Capital Group, Ann led the team to establish the fund’s structure and oversaw deal flow and capital raise. She created a $100,000,000 site pipeline, raising capital from pension funds, high net worth individuals and institutional investors.

For three years, Ann ran Davlin Development Group, a consulting firm that worked with individuals and institutions to source and develop brownfield real estate opportunities domestically and internationally. Ann advised on remediation and site reuse including raising capital, using government and tax incentives, obtaining environmental insurance, innovative technologies and land reuse.

Ann served for six years as Director, Government Programs, at AIG Environmental, where she worked with military, developers, communities and government officials to use environmental insurance as a tool to address financial security and assure the remediation and reuse of former government sites.

She was the tri-state brownfield coordinator for the Regional Plan Association and has extensive experience with state and federal regulators. She served on the New York State Brownfields Pocantico Roundtable, which devised the NYS initial brownfields legislative strategy. Ann also was the special assistant for environmental projects to Senator Al Gore, and served in both the White House and the Department of Defense creating and implementing environmental policy.

Her Board and Advisory Committee appointments include: Fuel:Bio Holdings, LLC, Green-Links, the parent of Green Drinks USA; and The FD Element Agency; Steering Committee for Clean Economy Network. She holds an MPA in Environmental Policy from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs. She is an adjunct teacher at the Columbia University Center for Environmental Research (CERC), and has lectured at Yale School of Architecture and New York University Wagner School.

Mark Grundy
Director of Communications

Mark Grundy joined the Carbon War Room team in 2010 as the Director of Communications.

He brings a blend of regulatory and private sector experience from both sides of the Atlantic during critical periods in the war on climate. As a founding member of the European Environment Agency’s Communications team, Mark helped bridge the communications gap between EU policy makers, economists, scientists and the media and general public. During his time at the Agency, Mark helped drive communications of EU environment milestones, such as annual performance towards Kyoto; the Emissions Trading Scheme; the 5-year, pan-European ‘State of the Environment’ report as well as biofuels, transport, waste and consumption research.

In 2007, Mark moved to US to work for the international public relations firm, Edelman. Within the Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, Mark led the development of Edelman’s climate and carbon portfolio, consulting across sectors for FORTUNE 500 firms. He directed global communications for inter-governmental campaigns, such as REDD+ on deforestation, and helped launch the world’s first carbon-free city in the United Arab Emirates to the world’s media. In carbon, Mark worked with a spread of non-profits, start-ups, registries and exchanges on branding, events, media and influencer outreach.

Mark has experience in the fields of climate change, energy, water, air pollution, spatial development and biodiversity loss, and earned his bachelor’s, master’s and MBA degrees in Manchester, UK.

Suzanne Hunt
Senior Advisor

Suzanne Hunt is leading the Carbon War Room’s work in aviation, renewable fuels, and biochar. In 2007 Suzanne founded Hunt Green LLC, which provides strategic advising for decision-makers in business, government and not-for-profit arenas on a range of renewable energy, sustainable mobility, agriculture, and green design challenges.

Suzanne serves as a Senior Advisor to the Living City Block initiative and is a founding advisor to the annual Art Center Sustainable Mobility Summit, the Climate Lab, and the Latin American Council on Renewable Energy. Some of her recent initiatives include work on the role of agriculture in climate change, renewable energy and green building in South America, and the use of Web 2.0 and GIS (Global Information Systems) technologies to build the “information infrastructure” needed to accelerate the successful deployment of climate change solutions. Previously, Suzanne directed the Worldwatch Institute’s bioenergy program, where she orchestrated the landmark study, "Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture.” She makes frequent speeches and media appearances around the world and provides thought leadership through numerous publications and board memberships. In 2007 Science Magazine featured Suzanne as a “Pioneer”. Suzanne also helps with the ongoing implementation of sustainability practices at her family’s 6th generation farm and winery, Hunt Country Vineyards, in upstate New York.

She holds a BS in Environmental Science from Penn State and a dual master’s degree in International Affairs and Natural Resource Management from American University and the UN’s Univer­sity for Peace in Costa Rica.

Murat Armbruster
Senior Advisor

Murat is a founding partner of the clean technology hedge fund, Atlas Capital Investments, LP. After graduating from the University of Michigan with high honors, Murat launched GlobaLearn in 1993, the first K-12 eLearning website to help prepare our nation's children for global citizenship. GlobaLearn was acquired by Houghton Mifflin in 2001 and featured in Don Tapscott's bestselling Growing Up Digital. Murat represented the education sector as a member of the U.S. delegation led by Vice President Gore to the G-7 Information Society Summit. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he served as Deputy Executive Officer to General Wesley K. Clark during his bid to become the Democratic Party's nominee. In 2005, he was a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer of Adina for Life, a San Francisco-based beverage company focused on fair trade and sustainable business practices. Murat is a member of the Social Venture Network, has a black belt in karate, and speaks French and Mandarin.

Joshua Kagan
Senior Analyst

Joshua Kagan is the Senior Analyst of the Carbon War Room’s battle on energy efficiency called the Green Capital Global Challenge. His duties include overseeing the portfolio of 30 member cities, managing a team of 25 analysts in the development of off-balance sheet financial mechanisms, and designing the information architecture mapping key stakeholders across the energy efficiency value chain. Prior to joining the War Room, Joshua was an analyst with cleantech investment fund/VC firm Atlas Capital Investments and a Fellow with the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development. Joshua was lead author on the 300+ page biofuels report “Biofuels 2010: Spotting the Next Wave” and is the sole author of “Third and Fourth-Generation Biofuels: Technologies, Markets, and Economics Through 2015.” Joshua has consulted for Gerson Lehrman Group and Greentech Media and has lectured on alternative energy economics at UC Berkeley. He holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.