Sara is a research fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Prior to joining the University, Sara was the founding director of BRC-Canada and director of clean economy at the Pembina Institute. Sara has over a decade of experience in cleantech, sustainability, and markets, working with utilities, renewable energy developers, financial institutions, governments (provincial and national), and oil and gas companies. She sits on the board of Emissions Reduction Alberta and the expert panel for Clean Growth with the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, and was a member of the Alberta Clean Technology Task Force.

Previously she was the manager of the cleantech practice at McKinsey & Company where she developed an integrated North American supply and demand electricity market model. She holds a PhD in physics from the University of Geneva and has lived and worked in the United States, France, Switzerland, and Canada.

Julia-Maria Becker is the director of the Business Renewables Centre (BRC) Canada and the Alberta clean economy director at the Pembina Institute. Julia’s expertise is in emissions reductions policy, corporate procurement of renewables and stakeholder engagement strategies. She has worked with governments (provincial and national), utilities, industry associations, and with companies from across the energy sector.

Before working for the Pembina Institute Julia has worked for local and international non-profit organizations, for German and Mexican government institutions and for academia. Julia sits on the board of Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA) and Student Energy and is fluent in German, English and Spanish.

As an analyst Saeed is responsible for coordinating BRC-Canada’s fundraising, research projects, events, and on-the-ground execution of the vision for the growth of BRC-Canada. He supported the release of the Alberta market primer (Plugging In: Opportunities to procure renewable energy for non-utility companies and institutions in Alberta) by identifying the interests, concerns and knowledge gaps surrounding non-utility procurement in the province.

Saeed has five years of experience in renewable energy and environmental policy. He joined the Pembina Institute in 2018, and has worked on growing Alberta’s renewable energy sector and creating an environment that support companies with voluntary renewable investments.

Mark supports the BRC-Canada team as director of supply chain and global collaboration with REBA. Mark joined BRC-U.S. in 2016 and has led the development of multiple new tools, resources, and initiatives. Mark is also a principal at Rocky Mountain Institute, a U.S.-based think tank dedicated to transforming global energy use, where he leads the BRC-China initiative.

Mark started working in the European renewable energy sector in 2007 and moved to Canada in 2010 where he worked with renewable energy projects across the technology spectrum, and all levels of government across the country.