Claire Broido Johnson is the President of Sunrock Distributed Generation and a veteran climate tech entrepreneur. A SunEdison co-founder and former DOE advisor, she has 30 years of experience scaling solar and clean energy platforms, driving innovation in project finance, and expanding access to distributed energy for diverse organizations.
A bottom-line focused innovator, Claire is a founder and the President of SunRock Distributed Generation. Claire is best known for her groundbreaking work at both SunEdison and the US Department Energy (DOE). In 2003, she co-founded SunEdison, which scaled the solar energy services market. At SunEdison, she sold the first Power Purchase Agreements to Staples and Whole Foods and raised the company’s first $60 MM in project financing. In 2009, she joined the Department of Energy, where she oversaw the deployment of $11 billion in Recovery Act funds to scale renewable energy and energy efficiency programs throughout the United States. Prior to Sunrock, she served as COO of Fermata Energy, the vehicle-to-grid company, and the Managing Director of the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), where she invested in 32 start-ups in less than 3 years. A bottom-line focused innovator, Claire runs CBJ Energy.
Claire is also on the board of Ally Energy, and Living Classrooms Foundation. Claire is a Key Advisor for CityRock Ventures, and an Advisory Board member of Powerhouse Ventures and Kanin Energy. Claire earned a B.A. in environmental science and public policy from Harvard College, where she helped to create that major, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.