Kirsten Stasio serves as Acting Executive Director of the U.S. Green Bank 50 (GB 50), a nonprofit collaboration of green banks that aims to accelerate the expansion of green banking and drive investment in clean energy and inclusive climate solutions in communities across the country. Kirsten also serves as CEO of the Nevada Clean Energy Fund, Nevada’s nonprofit green bank. Kirsten has over a decade of clean energy experience across the investment, policy, education, and start-up sectors.

Previously, Kirsten worked at MAP Energy, an energy investment firm, where she scaled investments in renewable energy across the US. Her early career began in Washington DC at the World Resources Institute (WRI), a nonprofit organization, where she worked with policymakers and other stakeholders around the world to implement ambitious climate and clean energy policies.

In her free time, Kirsten serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University where she teaches a course on energy and sustainability to over 200 students each year. She holds MBA and MS degrees from Stanford University and a BA from the University of California, Davis.