About

Team

Eileen V. Quigley

Founding Executive Director

Eileen V. Quigley is the Founding Executive Director of the Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI), which works to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition in the Northwest and has led CETI’s programs and service contract work since 2018.

This oversight includes CETI’s Deep Decarbonization Pathways analyses and Building Decarbonization, Industrial Decarbonization, and Rural Decarbonization programs. She conceived and executed the Net-Zero Northwest project, the nation’s first regional energy pathway’s analysis with associated health and workforce implications. She led the teams that produced the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy; the Oregon Clean Energy Pathways analysis; and the Washington Green Electrolytic Hydrogen Report, and she is currently leading the team that is working with the Oregon Department of Energy to produce Oregon’s Energy Strategy.

Eileen has researched and written extensively about a wide range of decarbonization solutions since 2009, publishing numerous papers, reports, and blogs, and she speaks regularly about decarbonization solutions throughout the Northwest. She is dedicated to examining the equity implications of transitioning to the clean energy economy in the research and analysis that she oversees and performs at CETI.

Prior to founding CETI, Eileen spent seven years as Director of Strategic Innovation at Climate Solutions, where she oversaw programs that identified transition pathways off fossil fuels to a low-carbon future in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and advanced clean energy solutions in cities and rural areas, as well as in aviation, carbon sequestration, and cleaning the electricity grid.

A seasoned manager of for-profit and nonprofit businesses, Eileen served as Executive Director of three nonprofit organizations for a combined 12 years and ran RealNetworks’ Nonprofit Affairs Division for seven years, helping nonprofit organizations use the internet for social change. She spent six years as a magazine and newspaper journalist in Washington, DC, and New York, NY, covering business and national politics, and three years editing a quarterly journal of public policy, economics, and culture for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada.

She currently serves on the boards of Stockholm Environment Institute-US; Renewable Northwest; Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; and the Washington Green Bank. She is also one of four Public Interest Organization representatives on the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition (WestTEC) Regional Engagement Committee.

Jamie Ptacek

Communications Manager

Jamie joined CETI in November 2023 as Communications Manager and leads all internal and external communications efforts, including the production of reports, webinars, newsletters, blogs, infographics, and development materials. She also tracks climate and clean energy policy in the four Northwest states.

She is a detail-oriented strategic thinker, skilled project manager, and conscientious collaborator who possesses an understanding of the clean energy landscape in the Northwest and an ability to translate complex concepts into accessible communications products. She applies a justice lens to her work and is committed to ensuring that the clean energy transition unfolds equitably.

With a background in community organizing and advocacy, Jamie was a key member of the community engagement team for the Rural Clean Energy Economics and Community Engagement Study and Report and managed the production of the 193-page report. This work included creating and managing a detailed project plan, shepherding the draft through several iterations of editing between CETI and the two other consulting firms collaborating on the project, and performing careful and detailed copy editing of the final report.

Jamie spent the past decade working for several nonprofit organizations on campaigns to address issues at the intersection of climate change and social justice on the local, state, and national levels. She has worked as a campaign manager, organizer, and communications specialist with the Sunrise MovementCitizen’s Climate LobbyFuturewise, and Disability Rights Washington.

Jamie graduated from Bowdoin College in 2017, where she studied Climate Science and received departmental honors for her thesis exploring deep-sea bamboo corals as climate, ocean chemistry, and ocean geometry archives. She published this study, in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, in Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters.

Jeanna Deforeit

Development & Operations Director

Jeanna joined CETI in February 2025 as the Development and Operations Director. She brings over a decade of nonprofit management experience in operations, finances, and development, including grants management, fundraising campaigns, and event planning. Her nonprofit management and consulting career has focused primarily on the civic engagement, health equity, and environmental justice missions of small to mid-sized organizations.

Previously, Jeanna served as Sr. Advancement Manager at Pacific Environment, where she managed the grants for their Climate and Arctic programs working to decarbonize shipping and increase marine protected areas around the Pacific Rim. Before that, she worked at Hanford Challenge, an organization dedicated to the safe and effective cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Site, where she held the roles of Deputy Director and Development & Operations Director. 

Jeanna received dual bachelor’s degrees in Public Health and Latin America Studies from theUniversity of Washington. She speaks English, Korean, Spanish, and French.

Jeanne Currie

Research Analyst

Jeanne Currie joined CETI in May 2024 as a Research Analyst. Her portfolio includes the electricity grid, building decarbonization, and markets and transmission. She is involved in the Regional Engagement Committee for the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition (WestTEC) and has written for CETI about energy markets and the need for expanded transmission in the clean energy transition.

Jeanne provides research support for CETI’s SCALE 2030 project, which offers a blueprint for how Washington can get on the path to decarbonizing its building sector at the speed and scale that the state’s decarbonization targets require.

Prior to joining CETI, Jeanne was a graduate student planning intern and then policy analyst at Seattle City Light, researching and planning for new programs in energy efficiency, renewables, and affordability.

She received a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington's Evans School in 2023, where she focused on energy systems and policy analysis. For her MPA, Jeanne completed a capstone project with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission that evaluated equity metrics used by investor-owned utilities to meet their legal obligations under the Clean Energy Transformation Act and Multi-Year Rate Plan Act.

Jeanne also holds a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Washington and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science degree. She has been an AmeriCorps volunteer and Fulbright grantee and first worked in clean energy at Spark Northwest.

Ruby Moore-Bloom

Research Analyst

Ruby Moore-Bloom joined CETI in January 2022 and is a Research Analyst who serves as technical project manager and/or provides research support for all CETI contract projects. Ruby also oversees the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas, which explores energy data relevant to deep decarbonization in the Northwest in interactive data visualizations.

Ruby co-wrote the analysis of CETI's Net-Zero Northwest (NZNW) Energy Pathways analysis and authored the Health Impacts and Workforce analyses. She has led all follow-up work related to the NZNW Workforce Analysis, including the Washington Department of Commerce Residential Energy Efficiency Workforce Needs Assessment; the Washington Department of Commerce Washington Refinery Study; and the Renewable Northwest and BWR Offshore Wind Jobs Study.  

Ruby led CETI’s Clean Materials Manufacturing project, which provided research for industrial stakeholders and policymakers to understand different methods for decarbonizing six of Washington state’s manufacturing sectors.

Ruby deploys interdisciplinary methodologies to conduct sound research and analysis and is knowledgeable about energy and decarbonization in the Northwest, as well as workforce implications of the clean energy transition. Ruby has extensive experience producing infographics, data tables, data visualizations, and other communications products designed to enable easy understanding of difficult technical concepts. She has experience incorporating environmental justice considerations into technical analysis and also has a wide range of experience conducting work in a nonpartisan manner and facilitating complex processes to achieve successful outcomes.

Prior to joining the CETI team, Ruby worked as an educator, first with adult English language learners as an AmeriCorps volunteer and then as a faculty member at King’s Academy in Jordan, where she taught history and supported students as a dorm parent and advisor.

Ruby speaks Spanish and Arabic and received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Middle East Studies from Brown University in 2017.

Stacia Dreyer

Research Director

Stacia joined as CETI’s Research Director in March 2025. She is a social and behavioral scientist with expertise spanning private, public, and nonprofit organizations, and her research focuses primarily on energy, sustainability, and environmental justice. She brings over 15 years of research and project administration experience analyzing and synthesizing insights from quantitative and qualitative datasets; communicating analysis in accessible presentations, reports, and peer-reviewed publications; managing timelines, budgets, and meetings; and mentoring junior researchers.  

Prior to joining CETI, Stacia was an Associate Director at Opinion Dynamics where she led research and evaluation projects focused on energy efficiency, demand response, and decarbonization for utilities and utility commissions. She was also an Assistant Research Professor at Arizona State University where she worked on projects related to energy innovation and the food, energy, and water nexus.

Stacia was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs where she conducted research related to the human dimensions of marine renewable energy and coastal community resilience.

Stacia earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology and Behavioral Economics from the University of Maine, winning the prestigious international Endeavour Award from the Australian Government, which allowed her to complete part of her dissertation research on perceptions of climate policies at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). She earned her M.Ed. in Environmental Education from Western Washington University and her B.A. in Psychology from Truman State University. She was a two-term Americorps volunteer.

Jeremy Hargreaves

Technical Modeling Consultant

Jeremy Hargreaves is a Principal at Evolved Energy Research and an expert in energy systems analysis, focusing on least-cost electricity system planning and distributed energy resource evaluation. Jeremy’s consulting insights into long-term grid-scale and distributed resource planning challenges have helped utilities and investors navigate the prospect of a high renewable future while minimizing impacts to customers.

His portfolio of domestic and international work contains many examples where he has leveraged impactful analysis to inform energy policy development. His education includes a doctor of philosophy degree, focused on energy systems optimization, and a master’s degree in environmental management and economics, both from the Johns Hopkins University. He also holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London.

Poppy Storm

Building Sector Consultant

Poppy Storm is consulting with the Clean Energy Transition Institute on strategies to decarbonize the built environment. She is also a member of the Clean Energy Transition Institute's Advisory Council. Poppy is Founder & Director of Innovation at 2050 Institute.

Poppy has over 15 years of experience in the energy efficiency and decarbonization field, with a focus on market transformation in the building sector. Prior to founding 2050 Institute, she led the Policy and Planning team at Ecotope, Inc., in Seattle for 10 years. Poppy founded 2050 Institute to use a strategic “2050” lens to design frameworks, policies, codes, and programs that interlock across regional, state, local, community, and utility programs and policies. She uses a whole system approach and design thinking to identify the strategies and analysis necessary to align policy mechanisms with actual energy and GHG reductions.

Poppy has an interdisciplinary background in commercial and residential building stock studies, heat pump technologies, energy use intensity (EUI) target setting, decarbonization potential assessments, energy code development and evaluation, targeted tools for policy and program planning, impact and process evaluations, market research studies, and strategic planning. Many of her projects have included extensive stakeholder facilitation and coordination with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the Regional Technical Forum, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Bonneville Power Administration, manufacturers, distributors, designers, and large, small, and rural utilities. Poppy has a master’s degree in Whole Systems Design and Change Management from Antioch University, and a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the University of Washington.

Elizabeth Willmott

Research Consultant

Elizabeth Willmott has worked on sustainability in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors for the past 20 years. She most recently spent eight years in leadership roles on Microsoft’s sustainability team, including its carbon negative commitment; carbon removal and sustainable aviation fuel programs; internal sustainability fee; and executive sustainability governance.

Prior to Microsoft, Elizabeth ran the New Energy Cities program as part of Climate Solutions’ Strategic Innovation Team. She oversaw American Recovery and Reinvestment Act implementation at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Elizabeth authored the country’s first metropolitan climate plan in her role as King County, WA’s Climate Change Program Coordinator. 

The focus of her new practice, Earthrise Consulting, is to help accelerate and scale climate solutions through advice on public policy, voluntary market standards, and what "integrity" means to carbon credit buyers and investors.

Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and Biology at Williams College and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Jessica Adair

Accounting Consultant

Jessica Adair is a licensed CPA and owner of Adair Business Consulting. She has 20 years of experience in the accounting profession. As a former auditor, she is able to apply her knowledge to help small businesses with budgets ranging from $250,000 to $10 million.

Jessica works mainly with nonprofits to produce quality financial information and procedures to ensure that they are able to focus their time to further their mission.

Jessica has been a CPA since 2005 and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her Master of Business Administration in Executive Accounting from City University of Seattle.  

“I love accounting so you don’t have to.” – Jessica Adair

Carol Maglitta

Designer, One Visual Mind

Carol Maglitta has been working as a graphic designer for 25 years. Her work experience includes freelance, small studios, educational publishing and advertising agencies and is One Visual Mind’s lead on most of its print work. Carol studied graphic design at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Caleb Smith

Digital Communications Consultant

Caleb Smith manages and maintains the CETI website as well asl the Clean Energy Atlas Project and Net Zero Northwest websites.

Caleb is the Product Design Manager at Vimocity, where he leads design strategies for their movement and injury prevention platform. Previously, he served as Washington Policy Associate for the clean energy nonprofit Climate Solutions, where he analyzed legislative and regulatory developments in climate policy, clean energy, carbon markets, and utility regulation.

Research Fellows

Mariah Caballero

Research Fellow, Community-Defined Decarbonization, Northwest Clean Energy Atlas, Oregon Energy Strategy

Mariah Caballero is a Graduate Research Fellow at the Clean Energy Transition Institute and a fifth-year Doctoral Candidate in Vanderbilt University’s Community Research and Action (CRA) program. At Vanderbilt, Mariah is a Graduate Research Fellow forVanderbilt Law School’s Energy, Environment & Land Use (EELU) Program and contributes research to the Drinking Water Justice Lab.

Prior to her time at Vanderbilt, Mariah received bachelor’s degrees in biology and geography from Vassar College. Having grown up in rural Eastern Washington, Mariah’s research interests include equitable water and energy systems for rural and Tribal communities, energy justice, and effective policy implementation. She enjoys multi-methods research approaches, data visualization, and highly interdisciplinary collaborations. Mariah provides research and analyses to support CETI’s Community-Defined Decarbonization project and the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas.

Board

Liz Thomas

President

Liz is a partner in the K&L Gates Seattle office and a member of K&L Gates' Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice. Her national legal practice concentrates on a range of matters related to energy and water regulation, transactions, and project development.

She focuses on regulatory matters in mergers, asset acquisitions, and other transactions; licensing, re-licensing, and compliance for hydropower facilities; siting, permitting, and development of renewable and traditional energy facilities; conducting litigation involving energy facilities, water rights and rates, and advising clients on public policy issues.

Liz received her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College, Phi Beta Kappa, and her law degree from Harvard Law School cum laude. She received the Best Lawyers' 2012 Seattle Energy Law Lawyer of the Year award and is the author of numerous presentations and articles on a wide range of energy issues related to her law practice.

Kathleen Hebert

Vice President

Kathleen left her position as Vice President at Microsoft in 2003 to devote her efforts to environmental issues.  She has been an active partner in Social Venture Partners, serving on grant committees, the Advocacy and Policy Committee, and as a Lead Partner.  She is on the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Washington and was a 2015 Northwest Conservation Philanthropy Fellow with a focus on Water Sustainability. Kathleen is a member of E8, an organization of early stage investors who share a mission to accelerate the transition to a clean economy through supporting new innovation, where she has served on the Screening Committee since 2017.  

Kathleen was with Microsoft from 1988 to 2003, where she progressed through various roles from marketing and strategic planning to Vice President of software divisions. During her tenure in Microsoft Office, she was part of the leadership team that grew the Office product line from $100M to a business of over $5B in revenues. Prior to Microsoft, Kathleen was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, working with a number of Fortune 500 businesses including machine tool robotics and construction materials.  Born in a Midwest farming family, Kathleen received a B.A. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

John McGarry

Treasurer

John moved to Seattle several years ago after a 25-year career as an investment banker in New York, Hong Kong, and Chicago. His most recent role was as a senior banker raising capital for US companies in the Healthcare, Consumer Products, and Retail industries. John was a Fellow in the Northwest Conservation Philanthropy Fellowship program in 2015 and serves on the board of Sightline Institute.  He is an active investor in early stage clean tech and sustainability companies and is a member of E8, an angel investing group focused on clean tech.

Outside of his environmental pursuits, John has a keen interest in music and the arts. He is a former chair of the board and Life Trustee of Interlochen Center for the Arts, an arts educational and cultural institution located in Michigan. John holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.

Ross Macfarlane

Secretary

Ross is a climate and clean energy advocate based in Seattle, Washington. He recently was Vice President for Conservation and a Director for the National Sierra Club. He is a founding member of the Advisory Board for Western Washington University’s Institute for Energy Studies, where he also served as an Instructor.  Ross was a Senior Advisor at Climate Solutions, where he managed the Business Partnership Program, advocated for strong climate and energy policy, and helped lead the successful campaign to stop coal export facilities on the West Coast. Ross also led Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest, the first stakeholder roadmap for cleaner fuels to power the next generation of flight, and has worked with aviation stakeholders on cleaner solutions in Brazil, Singapore, and around the world.

Ross brings more than 35 years of experience working on public policy and environmental issues. He was a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) where he managed the environmental law practice and represented a wide range of public and private clients. Ross also has extensive public agency experience at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Seattle Monorail Project, where he directed legal and environmental affairs. A Northwest native, Ross is a graduate of Pomona College and the University of Washington School of Law.

Robb Davis

Director

Robb is a Senior Director of Development for GridLiance, a NextEra Energy Transmission Company. In this role, he works with consumer-owned utilities, power marketing administrations, and others to find mutually beneficial opportunities for upgrade and expansion of the western transmission grid.

Robb began his utility career with the Bonneville Power Administration as an attorney supporting BPA's transmission business line. From there he went to work at Chelan County Public Utility District, first as an energy policy advisor, and then as an attorney supporting the energy resources and transmission groups.

Robb lives with his family in Vancouver, Washington. He received a B.S.E. in Interdisciplinary Engineering and a B.S. in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a J.D. from Northwestern University.

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