

States play a pivotal role in the energy transition. Decarbonizing America by mid-century hinges on whether states choose to block, or to build upon,
the recent explosion of federal climate policy.
Due to the lack of data-driven think tanks working at the state level, however, the policymakers and advocates architecting this transition are largely flying blind.
An independent, non-profit, non-partisan think tank, Switchbox exists to fill this vacuum. With expertise in data science, economics, and energy modeling, our team brings evidence-based insight to state climate policy.


Juan-Pablo Velez
Executive Director,
former staff AI engineer
at Spotify

Max Shron
Director of Data Science,
former Head of Data at
Warby Parker

Holly Sarkisian
Director of Development,
Data Researcher

Graham Turk
Electrification Policy Advisor,
former MIT Energy Initiative

Bryan Murray
Director of Energy Modeling,
PhD candidate,
University of Oviedo

Jack Madans
Speaker Series Host,
Founding team
at Code for America

Sophie Campbell
Communications Associate,
Environmental Studies student
at Brandeis University
Alison Gilles

Former VP of Engineering at Spotify, Backend and Data Platform
John Raskin

President,
Spring Street Climate Fund
Matt Gee

Founder, BrightHive
Raya Salter

NY Climate Action Council
Founder, Energy Justice Law & Policy Center

Alison Spencer
CS & Public Policy
MSc Student
UChicago CAPP

Fuyuki Tani
CS & Public Policy
MSc Student
UChicago CAPP

Kiran Jivnani
CS & Public Policy
MSc Student
UChicago CAPP
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Griffin Sharps
Public Policy
MPP Student
UChicago Harris

Minh Nghiem
CS & Public Policy
MSc Student
UChicago CAPP

Andrew Han
Financial modeling,
Financial Planning Manager
at Angaza

Carl Vogel
Data science,
former Principal Data Scientist
at Warby Parker

Mark Crosskey
Building energy simulation,
Deputy Director of
Building Decarbonization
at Sustainable Westchester

Snigdha Sinha
Data science,
Product Analyst
at Audible

Sam Burns
Data engineering,
Data Engineering Manager
at UTR Sports

Stephen Young
Data engineering,
Senior Software Engineer
at Signal AI

Varun Rajan
Data science,
Staff Data Scientist
at Slack