Audrey Zibelman, Chair and independent Director, is a US citizen, born in 1957. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2023, and Chair since 2025.
She is the founder and CEO of Zibelman Energy Advisors. Ms. Zibelman currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Electric and Water Corporation (EWEC) since 2025, Pollination Global Holdings Ltd. since 2023, Squadron Energy Pty since 2022, and as a member of the Advisory Board of Meridiam since 2022. She has also served as Co-Chair of the Distributed Energy Resources Advisory Council at the Pew Charitable Trust since 2024.
Prior to these roles, she was a member of the Board of Directors of SunPower Inc. (NYSE: SPWR), Sosteneo SGR, SPAN.io, EarthGrid PBC, and EOS Energy (NYSE: EOSE), as well as a trustee of the RMI Board of Trustees and a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
Her executive career includes leadership roles such as Vice President at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory (2021–2022), Managing Director and CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator (2017–2020), Chair and CEO of the New York Public Services Commission (2013–2017), Founder, President and CEO of Viridity Energy, Inc. (2007–2013), EVP and COO of PJM, LLC (2004–2007), Chair, President and CEO of TRANSLink, LLC (2001–2004), and Vice President and Counsel of and to Xcel Energy (1991–2001).
She holds a B.A. in English from Penn State University and a J.D. from Hamline School of Law.