Climate Impact Seminar: Doreen Harris (NYSERDA)

Doreen M. Harris is President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

She is leading NYSERDA’s role to advance policy frameworks, clean energy technologies, and solutions that are driving statewide economic development while creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying clean-energy jobs and building an equitable economy.

Under President Harris’s direction, NYSERDA is making significant progress in advancing infrastructure and innovation, large-scale and distributed renewables, building decarbonization, advanced nuclear, energy storage, transportation electrification, clean fuels, transmission, and resiliency.

President Harris joined NYSERDA in 2010 and served as Vice President of Large-Scale Renewables, where she spearheaded the strategic development of New York’s land-based renewable and offshore wind resource, including the execution of the State’s offshore wind master plan. Prior to her career in public service, President Harris spent more than a decade in the private sector, serving in management and engineering roles.

She serves as chair of the State Energy Planning Board. She also serves on the boards of the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), Alliance to Save Energy, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, and NY BEST; and is a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council and an ambassador for the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative.

President Harris holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and a Master of Business Administration from the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Registration is required, as seating is limited.

This event is hosted by the Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series. Event sponsors include the Cornell University College of Engineering, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and The 2030 Project: A Cornell Climate Initiative.