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 is the director of the Business Renewable Centre Canada as well as director for Pembina Institute's clean economy program in Alberta. She works on corporate, government and community-based sustainability projects in Alberta relating to clean economy with a focus on energy efficiency and carbon pricing.

Before joining the Pembina Institute — Canada’s leading energy think tank — Julia worked for an international organization, Student Energy, where she led the Energy Literacy Platform; she is now on the board of directors of Student Energy. She also worked at Alberta Ecotrust where she was responsible for the organization’s social innovation lab.

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.