Full Name
Aliya Haq
Job Title
President
Company
Clean Econ
Speaker Bio
• Name: Aliya Haq
• Title/Org: President, CleanEcon
Aliya Haq is the President of the Clean Economy Project (CleanEcon), a nonprofit initiative that advances economic growth, shared prosperity, and a safe climate through groundbreaking policy change. CleanEcon envisions a world where clean energy solutions become the default choice to power the global economy because they are the most affordable, convenient and compelling options in the market.
Prior to launching CleanEcon, Aliya served as a Vice President at Breakthrough Energy, an organization founded by Bill Gates to accelerate clean tech innovation and deployment. At Breakthrough, she led US Policy and Advocacy, overseeing a team of 20 staff working on policies to decarbonize the power, industrial, buildings, transportation and agriculture sectors. She also helped to found and served as the interim Executive Director for Invest in Our Future (IOF), a philanthropic collaborative of more than a dozen funders to ensure that federal clean energy investments strengthen communities.
Aliya has more than twenty years of experience in the energy and climate field, with deep experience in policy development, political strategy, communications, coalition building, and policymaker engagement. She has served at several national and international environmental organizations, including as the Federal Climate Policy Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). She holds a master’s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of the Environment, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and her two spirited children.
• Title/Org: President, CleanEcon
Aliya Haq is the President of the Clean Economy Project (CleanEcon), a nonprofit initiative that advances economic growth, shared prosperity, and a safe climate through groundbreaking policy change. CleanEcon envisions a world where clean energy solutions become the default choice to power the global economy because they are the most affordable, convenient and compelling options in the market.
Prior to launching CleanEcon, Aliya served as a Vice President at Breakthrough Energy, an organization founded by Bill Gates to accelerate clean tech innovation and deployment. At Breakthrough, she led US Policy and Advocacy, overseeing a team of 20 staff working on policies to decarbonize the power, industrial, buildings, transportation and agriculture sectors. She also helped to found and served as the interim Executive Director for Invest in Our Future (IOF), a philanthropic collaborative of more than a dozen funders to ensure that federal clean energy investments strengthen communities.
Aliya has more than twenty years of experience in the energy and climate field, with deep experience in policy development, political strategy, communications, coalition building, and policymaker engagement. She has served at several national and international environmental organizations, including as the Federal Climate Policy Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). She holds a master’s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of the Environment, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and her two spirited children.
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