Announcing the Partnership Fund Urban Resiliency Advisory Board

New York City and state have set ambitious goals toward a net-zero, waste-free future. To ensure New York City maintains its competitive edge while shifting toward more sustainable infrastructure, the Partnership Fund is thrilled to announce a newly created Urban Resiliency Advisory Board.

With a particular focus on leveraging our capital to bolster resiliency in low-income neighborhoods, we have selected leading sustainability experts — that span key sectors, including energy, financial services, real estate and venture capital — to help us invest in innovative solutions that will power an equitable transition to clean energy and sustainable practices across industries while diversifying and strengthening an emerging green economy.

This new advisory board will lend its time and expertise and provide guidance on how the Fund can best deploy capital to build climate resiliency in underserved neighborhoods, reduce carbon emissions, create green jobs across the five boroughs, and help advance New York’s sustainability goals.

Urban Resiliency Advisory Board

Eli Aheto
Managing Director, BeyondNetZero

Roy Ben-Dor
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus LLC

Peter Clarke
Managing Director Energy and Sustainability, CBRE, Inc.

Laura D. Corb
Senior Partner, Sustainability McKinsey & Company, Inc

Sandeep Dudhwewala
Vice President, National Grid

Daniel Egan
Managing Director, Head of Real Estate ESG for the Americas, Blackstone

Jonathan Flaherty
Global Head – Sustainability and Building Technology Innovation, Tishman Speyer

Ron Gonen
Chief Executive Officer, Closed Loop Partners

James McIntyre
Senior Managing Director, Moore Strategic Ventures

Michele O’Connell
SVP, Customer Operations, Con Edison

Christopher Poirier
Member, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Jeff Possick
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Jonathan Schulhof
Managing Partner, FootPrint Coalition

Phil Skalaski
Vice President of Engineering & Energy Service, Durst Organization Inc.

Matthew Slovik
Managing Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley

Neil Suslak
Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures

Jacob E. Susman
CEO & Co-Founder, Ambient Fuels

Brian Winters
Head of Large Casualty, U.S. National Accounts Zurich North America, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd