Managing Director, Offtake

• Dec 2020 - Present

Managing Director, Community Solar Business Development

• Apr 2019 - Nov 2020

BlueWave is on a mission to revolutionize energy with simple, powerful solar solutions. As a pioneering solar developer and leading community solar service provider, BlueWave has developed more than 135 MW of operational solar projects to date and provides community solar access to thousands of customers. As built, these projects collectively generate enough solar energy to avoid roughly 137,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually. A certified B Corp, BlueWave has received national recognition for its work to protect the planet, including being named the Clean Energy Company of the Year in 2018 by the Northeast Clean Energy Council, a top impact company by Real Leaders Magazine, and a leading growth company by Inc. Magazine and the Boston Business Journal. Show less

Senior Director, Community Solar

• May 2017 - Apr 2019

Member, Board Of Directors

• Jan 2019 - Present

NESEA advances the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment by cultivating a community where practitioners share, collaborate and learn. We envision a built environment in the Northeast that is climate neutral, adaptive and resilient, energy independent, architecturally inspiring, and supportive of connection and community. NESEA advances the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment by cultivating a community where practitioners share, collaborate and learn. We envision a built environment in the Northeast that is climate neutral, adaptive and resilient, energy independent, architecturally inspiring, and supportive of connection and community.

Co Chair

• Jun 2016 - Apr 2018

The BuildingEnergy Boston Conference + Trade show is the region's leading event for professionals and practitioners working to build a more sustainable world. It brings over 2,500 industry leaders and emerging professionals together for three days to learn from and share ideas with each other. The BuildingEnergy Boston Conference + Trade show is the region's leading event for professionals and practitioners working to build a more sustainable world. It brings over 2,500 industry leaders and emerging professionals together for three days to learn from and share ideas with each other.

Director, Northeast Region

• Jul 2015 - Apr 2017

As the Northeast Regional Director at the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE), Betsy served as the organization’s regional lead as well as the primary relationship manager for CSE’s northeast clients and strategic partners. As the Northeast Regional Director at the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE), Betsy served as the organization’s regional lead as well as the primary relationship manager for CSE’s northeast clients and strategic partners.

Councilor, Residential Consumers

• Aug 2014 - Apr 2017

The Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC) was created with the Green Communities Act of 2008, a comprehensive energy reform law. EEAC members guide the development of state- and nation-leading energy efficiency plans by the Commonwealth’s investor-owned gas and electric utilities and energy providers. The Council’s priorities are to develop, implement, evaluate, and monitor the implementation of these plans. The Council is also charged with developing a long-term vision for the Commonwealth’s energy future. In recommending and overseeing specific studies and research, the Council works to achieve energy efficiency savings and to maximize the economic and environmental benefits of energy efficiency. Show less

Senior Program Officer

• Nov 2009 - Jun 2015

• Manage the Massachusetts Green Retrofit Initiative, a statewide technical assistance program to help owners of affordable housing stabilize operating costs, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and provide residents with a higher quality of life through energy efficiency and healthy housing improvements. • Foster and sustain the Green Retrofit Community of Practice through network meetings, webinars, professional trainings, and targeted workshops. Act as a liaison within the community and with building science engineers, funders, utilities, and regulating agencies. • Help building owners apply for free retrofit funding where available, negotiate for greater flexibility in the use of replacement or operating reserves, identify alternate financing scenarios based on property specifics, and finalize the retrofit scope of work based on funding available. • Work with city and state agencies, partner associations, and lenders to identify candidates for retrofit assistance, and communicate lessons learned to those agencies to collaborate on successes and find solutions to common problems. • Represent LISC and the Initiative at local, regional, and national conferences and sustainability committees. Assist in establishing organization-wide green policies and programs. • Continuous grant development to sustain the Initiative; led or assisted in grant proposals resulting in over $2.4 million in program funding, including the HUD Energy Innovation Fund. Show less

Assistant Vice President

• Dec 2006 - Nov 2009

• Asset manager of 180+ properties nationwide for Low Income Housing Tax Credit investors. • Oversaw property compliance, stabilization milestones, and capital releases to properties. • Evaluated and managed risk levels in partnerships and properties. • Performed site inspections, annual and quarterly financial reviews, tax documentation approvals. • Coordinated workout scenarios for poorly operating properties. • Reviewed required benchmarks for, and coordinate the release of, equity installments and replacement and operating reserves to properties. • Performed impairment analyses, cash distribution calculations, permanent loan sizing modeling, tax credit adjuster calculations, and physical needs assessment (PNA) evaluations. Show less

Director of Special Projects

• 2004 - 2005

• Supported the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; managed Trust accounts; coordinated and attended Trust meetings; managed the Trusts’ Renter Revolving Loan Program • Served as City liaison to the Somerville Homeless Providers Group; assisted the implementation of a 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and McKinney-Vento Homeless Continuum of Care app. • Maintained the subsidized affordable housing inventory and list of expiring use properties • Helped develop new policies for the City’s inclusionary zoning ordinance Show less

International Working Group Support Office Coordinator

• 2000 - 2004

A nonprofit that manages large-scale, scientifically driven, international research programs. A nonprofit that manages large-scale, scientifically driven, international research programs.