Eli manages partnerships, strategy, legal, fundraising, and people as the Chief Administrative and Development Officer at the Coalition for Green Capital. Eli was the Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer during CGC’s successful application period to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Before coming to CGC, Eli was CEO of the DC Green Bank, where he led the strategic and operational implementation of DC Green Bank’s programs and fostered relationships with key partners and stakeholders. Under his steady leadership, DC Green Bank developed its first financial offerings, established strategic relationships, and explored opportunities to realize the District’s ambitious Clean Energy goals and DC Green Bank’s mission of becoming the integrated hub of information and investment to accelerate DC’s transition to a sustainable and thriving future.

A clean energy expert, Eli previously served as VP of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, successor to a merger with Cube Hydro Partners where he was VP of Legal, Regulatory, and Policy. Eli’s prior experiences also include Latham & Watkins, Union of Concerned Scientists, US House of Representatives Committee on Science, and US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Eli received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and M. Eng. and B.A. in Environmental Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.