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In January, Andrew Mayock completed his term as President Biden's Chief Sustainability Officer. Under Mayock’s leadership, the federal government achieved a 40% emissions reduction and demonstrated real progress on electrifying buildings, transitioning to clean vehicles, and powering operations with clean energy. Jim Kapsis sat down to interview him about his legacy and what’s next. Some highlights: ? Scaled federal EV adoption from 2,000 to 90,000 vehicles with 60,000 charging stations in development — matching the pace of major corporate initiatives like Amazon-Rivian. ??? Pioneered the $1.2B Buy Clean program, giving innovative startups developing zero-carbon concrete and efficient building materials their first major customers. ?? Proved that government can make big climate promises and actually deliver on them — creating a model for effective climate action at scale. Read the full interview below, and subscribe to The Gist to receive in your inbox every month:

Welcome Max Roland Davidson, our newest associate at The Ad Hoc Group! Prior to joining our team, Max worked at Our Next Energy (ONE) as a Policy and Strategy Manager. During his time at ONE, Max participated in economic development negotiations with state and local governments, acted as ONE's in-house expert on IRA compliance and supported corporate development efforts. We're happy to have you join, Max!

If you're lucky enough to attend MIT Technology Review's EmTech Caribbean, don't miss AHG's Myron Lam talking about #carbonremoval this Wednesday. Panel to follow!

Friday Fun: The Ad Hoc Group has hybrid hubs in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. This allows employees to meet up weekly to collaborate for work, plus gather for outings, holiday parties and the occasional baked good. Best of both worlds! Stay up-to-date with AHG happenings by signing up for The Gist, our monthly newsletter https://lnkd.in/g-yxdGWN

If you work in #climatetech policy and are thinking about looking for a new job, be sure to sign up for The Gist, our monthly newsletter on climate tech + policy. Each month, we share relevant jobs from clients and friends in policy, sales, bizdev, account management, product and more! In 2024, we posted more than 130 jobs with companies and organizations helping enable our energy transition.?And if you're a friend of AHG, be sure to reach out so we can help promote your jobs for free! https://lnkd.in/g-yxdGWN

Energy Tech was a jam packed event, and?Annie Gilleo?and?Max Tuttman ?loved getting to dive deep into #policy and #climatetech. Thank you to Adam Sledd of Dominion Energy Innovation Center for organizing and asking our team to moderate!

It's always a good day when we get to announce an amazing new team member! We're thrilled to welcome Hannah McGrath to the team. Hannah will be located in our Washington, D.C. hub. Most recently, Hannah was at Last Energy and before that The Climate Board. Thanks to everyone who shared our previous job posting to help our team grow.

Are you going to #Distributech25? AHG's Dr. Elta Koliou and Brian Kooiman are attending this year. Please reach out if you're interested in chatting or learning more about The Ad Hoc Group! Also, congratulations to AHG client, Treeswift! They were accepted to EPRI's Incubatenergy? Labs (IEL) Pitch Day, which will be held during Distributech. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/defkxBPx

If you're headed to Energy Tech this Thursday (March 6th), we'll be there! Both Annie Gilleo and Max Tuttman will be moderating panels that you'll want to attend. Keep an eye out for AHG clients Timothy Barat of Gridware, Sasha Ishmael of VEIR and Mishal Thadani of Rhizome too! See the full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/e-uDp88e

If you're headed to SXSW, consider attending Upwelling on Sunday, March 9! AHG's Angela Kent will be speaking on the first panel of the day on Energy Abundance alongside James Gray, Jesse Peltan, and Tiffany Wu. Request to attend here:?https://lnkd.in/gBAXEqyn #energyabundance #energytransition #cleanenergy