Grace Fernandez

Grace is a 2nd-year MEM/MBA candidate interested in innovation and strategy within the clean energy sector. Prior to coming to Duke, she spent five years working in various finance roles at PepsiCo and Bath & Body Works.

Will Slap

Will is a 3rd-year MEM/MBA candidate interested in grid resiliency and renewables development. Before returning to school, he worked in television development and production in Los Angeles.

Jon Doe

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Yash Doshi

Yash is a 2nd-year MEM candidate in the Energy and Environment concentration, who joined Duke right after undergrad. He loves numbers and data, and is interested in helping companies achieve their sustainability targets by creating models for informed decision making.

Andrea Dunchus

Andrea is a 3rd-year MEM/MBA candidate in the Environmental Policy and Economics concentration who is interested in offshore wind and its interactions with coastline management systems. Prior to Duke, she taught high school students History and coached crew at a boarding school. 

Nick Valby

Nick is a 2nd-year MEM/MBA candidate interested in energy storage and smart grid technologies. Before coming to Duke, he worked in business development and operations at a mortgage bank.

Brandon von Kannewurff

Brandon is a 1st year MBA candidate interested in deep decarbonization. Before coming to Duke, he worked on solar, energy storage, and electric transit projects in corporate finance at Dominion Energy.

Mingyi Chen

Mingyi is a 2nd-year MEM candidate interested in ESG investing. Before coming to Duke, she focused on research around renewable energy technologies in urban commercial buildings.

Sonia Nelson

Sonia is a 3rd-year MEM/MBA candidate interested in a career focused on building sustainable business models, managing ESG risks as well as crafting climate mitigation and adaptation strategies for private sector organizations. She is also an EDF Climate Corps Fellow who helped Bank of America with projects around Financed Emissions and Climate Alignment. Before graduate school, she worked as a financial risk consultant with KPMG.

Stefan Chen

Stefan Chen is a 2nd-year MEM candidate concentrating in Energy and the Environment. His interested lies in energy storage optimization and demand-side management. During his time at Duke, he worked on net load forecasting research and interned for a DC-based data analytics start-up.

Jeffery Fromuth

Jeff is a 2nd-year MEM candidate who is pursuing work with Green Banks (statewide financial institutions that help achieve renewable energy goals) and solar project development. Prior to entering Duke Nicholas School, he was a researcher of smart grids and demand response technology at the Smart Electric Power Alliance and an English teacher in Spain.

Trey Signorelli III

Trey is a former educator and school leader pursuing renewable energy development. He hopes to help build a just clean energy transition that empowers rural communities and individuals.

Natalie Valent

Natalie Valent is a 2nd-year MPP candidate interested in global energy access and development, energy efficiency, climate finance, and women’s empowerment. Before coming to Duke, Natalie worked on energy efficiency programs for a consulting firm working with large commercial and industrial customers throughout the United States.

Abigail Sherman

Abigail Sherman is pursuing a Master’s of Public Policy with a concentration in Environment & Energy Policy. Before coming to Duke, Abigail received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science & Policy. Abigail hopes to eventually be an elected member of public office.

Sagar Shah

Sagar is a senior majoring in public policy with an interest in utility business model innovation and the role of the public sector in advancing clean energy development. His previous experiences include renewable energy advocacy with NCSEA, battery storage development with NextEra Energy, and energy finance assistance with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Allison Bettencourt

Allison is a 2nd-year Energy and Environment, MEM candidate interested in energy and transportation electrification policy. Before coming to Duke, Allison worked on image editing for maps and also taught English abroad.