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Alex Dews

Alex Dews is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT).

Sandra Henry

Sandra Henry’s change-making leadership experience spans the utility, private, and nonprofit sectors. Currently, Sandra is President of Slipstream.

Betsy Law

Betsy leads all internal operations and oversees the strategic growth of IMT.

Eric Walker

Eric Walker is the Energy Justice Senior Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice.

Shubhada Kambli

For more than ten years, Shubhada Kambli has led results-driven environmental programs at the local, state and federal levels across the country.

Akshai Rao

Akshai Rao is President, Residential at Yardi Systems and oversees Yardi’s Procure to Pay and Energy business units

Bomee Jung

For more than 17 years, Bomee Jung has contributed to New York City’s climate leadership through policy and programmatic innovations.

Jessica Miller

As IMT’s Chief Program Officer, Jessica Miller creates connections between the public and private sectors and works with diverse stakeholders to reach their respective climate and business goals.

David B. Goldstein

David B. Goldstein, who co-founded IMT, has worked on energy efficiency and energy policy since the early 1970s. He currently co-directs the energy program of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Marla Thalheimer

As IMT’s Senior Director of Business Engagement, Marla oversees the evolution and execution of programmatic strategy and services that drive high-performance building adoption across the real estate industry.

Precious Rideout

Precious Rideout is IMT’s Director of Community Engagement, where she serves as the primary representative to community organizations ensuring that inclusive community engagement solutions are centered on equity and people.

Marshall Duer-Balkind

Marshall Duer-Balkind is the Director of Policy Programs at IMT, where he works to develop and implement policies for driving high-performance buildings, grounded in community priorities and technical rigor.

Adam Hinge

Adam Hinge manages Sustainable Energy Partnerships, a small New York-based consultancy providing energy efficiency program and policy advisory services to governments, large energy consumers and suppliers, and research and multilateral organizations around the world.

Cliff Majersik

A respected industry leader, Cliff is a pioneer of concepts in real estate and building performance policy that optimize energy use and help transition to a low-carbon economy.

David Cohan

David is IMT’s Senior Advisor and leads the VHE HVAC pilot program. 

Carlton Brown

Carlton Brown is principal of Direct Invest Development, LLC, where he focuses on developing strategies to bring capital markets to disinvested communities and invest in the development of “sustainable restorative” human settlements.

Hae-Young Kang

Hae-Young oversees IMT’s accounting and ensures nonprofit audit and accounting compliance.

David Gillick

David is IMT’s Associate Director of Business Engagement, and runs IMT’s Corporate Engagement Opportunities Program.

Tara Brown

Tara Brown is IMT’s Chief of Staff.

James Burton

James is IMT’s Senior Policy Associate and supports IMT’s mission to promote the development and adoption of equitable building performance policies by state and local governments.

Joshua Dabek

Joshua Dabek is a Business Engagement Associate at IMT, supporting the Corporate Engagement Opportunities Program through policy tracking and industry insights. He previously worked on climate and food-system emissions initiatives at the World Resources Institute. He holds an MS in Environment & International Affairs from Georgetown University.

Kehan DeSousa

Kehan is IMT’s Manager of Policy and Program Management. She contributes to IMT’s state and local policy work on equitable building performance.

Giulianna Di Lauro

Giulianna is IMT’s Associate Director or Community Engagement. In her role, she serves as a primary representative to community organizations and city staff ensuring that inclusive community engagement solutions are centered on equity and accessibility.

Julia Gisewite

Julia Gisewite is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Turner Construction Company, the largest domestic building company in the U.S.

Sharea Gordon

Sharea is IMT’s first People Operations Manager and joined in May 2024.

Julie Janiski

Julie Janiski joined IMT’s board of directors in April 2026

Tamara Jones

Tamara Jones is the Co-Executive Director of Clean Energy Works.  She brings more than fifteen years of managerial experience in the nonprofit and public sectors.

Alexes Juarez

Alexes Holguin Juarez is IMT’s Manager, Community Engagement and joined IMT in March 2023.

Sarah Beth Kaye

Sarah Beth organizes IMT’s end-to-end grants management and donor cultivation processes.

Cherylyn Kelley

Cherylyn is IMT’s Manager of Building Energy Codes and Policy and supports policy development and implementation.

Maddie Koolbeck

Maddie is IMT’s Associate Director of Building Decarbonization. She manages a federal project on equitable building performance and helps coordinate IMT’s federal strategy. 

Alexandra Laney

Alexandra is the primary contact for media relations and manages IMT’s public presence, including digital strategy and communication campaigns.

Diana Lee

Diana Lee is IMT’s Director of Business Engagement. She leads IMT’s Green Lease
Leaders program.

Kimberly Lewis Inkumsah

Kimberly Lewis Inkumsah knows that market transformation begins with people. She is a catalyst, movement builder, and executive leader championing the critical issues of equity, accessibility and belonging as the center of the climate agenda worldwide. As the Executive Vice President, Equity and Engagement for the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), Kimberly champions the return … Continued

Joyce Mihalik, LEED AP, WELL AP

Joyce serves NOPEC, a council of governments that have formulate electric and natural gas aggregation in their communities, in the position of Chief Operations Officer.

Casius Pealer

Casius Pealer is IMT’s Director of Market Development, working with local organizations to develop and grow a national network of high-performance building hubs.

Jocelyn Perkins

Jocelyn serves as the Chief Financial Officer at the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT).

Rajiv Ravulapati

Rajiv Ravulapati is IMT’s Director of Government & Utility Engagement. He actively build and maintain relationships with IMT’s public sector clients in order to plan, propose, and implement equitable decarbonization policies that center community priorities.

Louise Sharrow

Louise Sharrow is IMT’s Manager of Policy Design and Implementation. She works to design and implement building performance policies that achieve climate and equity goals.

Mary Thomas

Mary Thomas is the Director of the Building Innovation Hub, helping the local building community design, build, retrofit, and operate high-performing buildings in and around Washington, DC.

Joy Getrude Togo

Joy Getrude Togo is a Senior Associate with the Building Innovation Hub at the Institute for
Market Transformation (IMT).

Maureen Waters

Maureen Waters is a widely recognized speaker, advisor, and strategic leader with extensive experience transforming and preparing businesses for sale in the commercial real estate and technology sectors.