Heidi VanGenderen is the Director of National and Regional Outreach for the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) where she is part of the policy team, is organizing a network of Regional Councils for ACORE member engagement across the country, and is building strategic partnerships with allies in the private, public, NGO and college and university sectors.
A Colorado native, Heidi previously served as Colorado’s first gubernatorial climate advisor where she oversaw creation of the state’s first Climate Action Plan. She was a core team member in passage of Amendment 37, Colorado’s citizen initiated renewable energy standard.
She has worked on energy and climate issues in the non-profit, public, academic and private sectors as an organizer, writer, researcher, and public speaker for the whole of her professional career. She completed a Chevening Fellowship on Finance and Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy in Edinburgh and London in 2009 and is a graduate of Carleton College.
