Miranda Ballentine is the founding CEO of Clean Energy Buyers Association, a membership-based organization that is building a resilient, zero-carbon energy system in which every organization has a viable, expedient, and cost-effective pathway to renewable energy.Previously, she was CEO of Constant Power, a developer, integrator, and operator of distributed energy resources, and managing director of Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center. From 2014 to 2017, Ballentine was assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment, and energy, where she oversaw a $9 billion energy budget and launched an initiative for developing clean, cyber-secure microgrids. Earlier in her career, she was Walmart’s director of sustainability for global renewable energy. Ballentine joined World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2013 and was the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment’s 2020 Woman of the Year.
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