About

Eileen V. Quigley is the founding Executive Director of the Clean Energy Transition Institute. She spent seven years at Climate Solutions identifying transition pathways off fossil fuel to a low-carbon future in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho as Director of Strategic Innovation. She also built and led the New Energy Cities program, which partnered with 23 Northwest cities and counties to reduce carbon emissions.

Eileen also oversaw Sustainable Advanced Fuels, which worked to accelerate the development of advanced low-carbon fuels for aviation, marine, and fleets and the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative, which aimed to demonstrate the role that natural systems playin reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. She is the author of numerous reports and publications on decarbonization strategies.

A seasoned manager of for-profit and nonprofit businesses, Eileen served as Executive Director of three Seattle-based nonprofit organizations for 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. 

Since moving to the Northwest in 1988, Eileen has been a civic leader in the Puget Sound. She has been a member of numerous nonprofit boards and civic task forces, currently serving on the boards of Renewable Northwest, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, and Stockholm Environment Institute-US. Eileen received her Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in 1983 and her Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Yale University in 1980.

Jamie Ptacek joined CETI in November 2023 as Communications Manager. 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.

After publishing her paper, Jamie decided that she did not belong in the lab so she began working to bridge the gap between scientific evidence for climate change, its impacts on social and racial justice, and the societal and policy changes needed to address the urgency of these crises.

To this end, Jamie has 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 Movement, Citizen’s Climate Lobby, Futurewise, and Disability Rights Washington.

Jamie’s most recent organizing work led to the passage of 10 bills in the Washington state legislature that will address Washington’s response to climate change, housing affordability, environmental protection, transportation access, and racial equity.

Ruby Moore-Bloom joined the Clean Energy Transition Institute in January 2022 and is committed to working toward a clean energy future in the Northwest.

Ruby oversees CETI’s Northwest Clean Energy Atlas, which explores energy data relevant to deep decarbonization in the Northwest in interactive data visualizations. She also led CETI’s Clean Materials Manufacturing project, which helps industrial stakeholders and policymakers understand different methods for decarbonizing six of Washington state’s manufacturing sectors.

Ruby provided research support for CETI’s Operation 2030 and SCALE 2030 projects, which offer 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. She also provided research and analytical support for CETI’s deep decarbonization pathways projects, including the Net-Zero Northwest energy pathways, health impacts, and workforce analysis, and she regularly blogs on a wide range of topics relating to deep decarbonization strategies for the Northwest. 

Ruby serves as a technical project manager on CETI’s contract projects and has extensive experience producing infographics, data tables, data visualizations, and other communications products designed to enable easy understanding of difficult technical concepts. She also has a wide range of experience conducting work in a nonpartisan manner and facilitating complex stakeholder 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.

Jeanne joined CETI in May 2024 as a Research Analyst, supporting projects on building decarbonization, markets and transmission, distributed energy resources, and all things grid.

Before coming to CETI, Jeanne was at Seattle City Light as a graduate student planning intern and then as a policy analyst, working on planning for new programs in energy efficiency, renewables, and affordability.

She received a Master of Public Administration from University of Washington's Evans School in 2023, where she focused on environmental policy and policy analysis. During her graduate studies, she 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 in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree focused on food systems and sustainability. She speaks French and Spanish.

She previously coordinated communications and development at Spark Northwest, was a teaching assistant in Mexico through a Fulbright grant and worked on Pike Place Market's food access programs as an Americorps volunteer.

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

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 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.

Caleb Smith is the founder and director of Modern Trailhead, a digital media consulting agency that specializes in video production and website design. Caleb also serves on the Board of the nonprofit New Dawn Guatemala, an organization that works to foster ecological sustainability, economic vitality, and educational advancement in rural Guatemalan communities.

As the former Washington Policy Associate for the Seattle-based clean energy economy nonprofit, Climate Solutions, he analyzed legislative and regulatory policy development covering state and federal climate policy, clean energy, carbon markets,utility regulation, and transportation fuels.

As an undergraduate at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, Caleb spent a semester abroad in Geneva, Switzerland,where he studied multilateral diplomacy and worked with the Global Institute for Water, Environment, and Health. While there, he researched Swiss renewable energy systems and Social Entrepreneurship. Caleb then spent a semester abroad in Cadiz, Spain, where he studied the Spanish language and tutored the mentally handicapped in English.

Caleb received his Bachelor of Arts in International Development from the University of Washington with a Minor in Spanish in 2014.

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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.

Jessica Plumb is working with the Clean Energy Transition Institute to identify and share compelling stories about Washington’s transition to renewable energy, with a focus on rural communities.

Jessica Plumb is an award-winning filmmaker and writer, and the creative director of Plumb Productions, a multi-media storytelling company specializing in short films focused on the environment, people, and place. She is the Producer and Co-Director of Return of the River, a feature documentary about the largest dam removal in history, recognized with over a dozen festival awards, including “Best Storytelling” by the International Wildlife Film Festival.

Plumb’s clients include HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Olympic National Park, Passion Pictures, Goddard College, the Marine Resources Council, Jefferson Land Trust, Friends of the San Juans and numerous non-profit institutions. Her creative work has appeared in theaters and galleries throughout the United States and internationally; forthcoming projects include a video installation on climate change at the Seoul Museum of Art in South Korea.

Raised on the coast of Maine, Jessica has made her home on the Olympic Peninsula for almost two decades, close to wilderness and waters she loves. Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, she worked in Boston and Beijing, and served as interim editor of the Yale China Review. Plumb holds a B.A. from Yale University and an interdisciplinary MFA from Goddard College. She is currently a guest lecturer at the Seattle Film Institute on media and the environment. For more, visit www.plumbproductions.com.

Yuxin Li, also known as Aster, joined CETI in September 2024 as the Operations Assistant. In this role, Aster supports key initiatives that advance CETI’s mission by coordinating administrative functions, fostering donor relations, and contributing to communication strategies that effectively engage stakeholders.

Prior to joining CETI, Aster served as a Project Manager at Chinese Radio Seattle, where she spearheaded key initiatives, including the "Fix the Harm" campaign for the SeaTac Airport Community Coalition for Justice. Aster also coordinated media coverage for major events such as the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Aster has also worked as a Marketing Coordinator for the University of Washington’s Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity and the Foster School of Business. In these roles, she significantly increased engagement rates and follower growth through innovative social media strategies and led diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) social media campaigns.

Aster holds a Master of Communication in Digital Media from the University of Washington, where she focused on impactful storytelling and digital marketing using cutting-edge tools. Before moving to Seattle, Aster studied finance and accounting for four years in China, gaining industry experience in a Big 4 accounting firm and private equity.

With a passion for multiculturalism, Aster speaks Chinese,English, and Japanese.

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.