Åsa Aulin Ahlberg

Åsa advises startups and non-profits on issues relating to finance, operations, and HR. She has served as the CFO of multiple startups and had a career in venture capital with Flybridge Capital Partners and Masthead Venture Partners before that. Early in her career, Åsa worked in real estate for the construction company Skanska in Sweden, the US, and Bermuda. She served on the Board of Directors of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of New England for 8 years. Åsa holds an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. She’s passionate about environmental issues and is thrilled to be able to serve on the Climable board.

Nicole Barna

Nicole is an experienced Human Resources Executive, wife, mother, and 25-year Cambridge resident.  She has spent her career working for local pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations in the for-profit and non-profit sectors, in the Boston area, and overseas in the UK and Japan. She has supported DEI efforts and Women's careers in STEM in the workplace, through volunteer efforts and at her Alma Mater, Kenyon College. On the personal front, Nicole lives with her husband, two daughters, four chickens, and a dog in Cambridge's first certified Passive House. In her free time, she can be found running and walking around Fresh Pond or attempting a new recipe from TikTok.

Mary Custic

Chair

Mary Custic is a marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in marketing communication, loyalty program management, events, and campaign creation and implementation at Intel and other high-tech firms and non-profit organizations. Her latest pursuit is to master digital marketing. She is passionate about the environment and female empowerment, just like Climable! Mary has a B.A. in International Relations & English from the University of Toronto and she studied Marketing at Ryerson University in Canada.

Saloni Daga

Saloni Daga grew up in Kolkata, India, before moving to the United States for her undergraduate education at Macalester College where she studied economics and data science. She currently works for a Boston-based investment management firm, Merganser Capital Management LLC. She is passionate about reimagining the role of financial markets to further the energy transition and tackle climate change. In her free time, Saloni loves getting involved with various Camberville community programs and enjoys hiking, biking, and dancing.

Carolyn Gillette

Carolyn has supported water and climate change programs at the national, regional, and state levels with a focus on water infrastructure finance and resilience, outreach, and regulatory implementation. Her past work with NOAA and the EPA led her to Eastern Research Group where she is a senior program manager. Carolyn holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics. She is proud to serve on the board of an organization that proactively takes on the urgent challenges caused by climate change to facilitate real and positive change.

Emily Hwang

A seasoned professional of 20+ years, Emily Hwang (she/her) brings much insight into the renewable energy industry. Her current role as Director of Applications Engineering at Yaskawa Solectria Solar, the largest and longest-standing U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, allows her to not only work on impressive solar PV installations, but also to influence the future of solar PV, storage, and cybersecurity in the US through policy, research with National Labs, and review work with the DOE and ARPA-E. Emily has served on committees and boards including the NABCEP PV Installer Test Writing Committee, Women in Cleantech, and Sustainability and Engineers Without Borders, and is proud to serve on the Climable board. 

Gabby LaPorta

Treasurer

Gabby (Gabrielle) LaPorta has a B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Baruch College in New York City. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Maine working as a tax manager with BerryDunn.  Since she has worked in the Renewable Energy Sector for over three years she has a great understanding of the many different types of renewable energy projects from development to energization.  In her spare time, she volunteers at a local animal shelter, The Haven. Gabby is proud to serve on a board that educates the public and makes clean energy technology understandable.

Marjorie Morales

Marjorie manages an analytics team at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center which focuses on reducing patient harm, improving the quality of patient care, and providing equitable healthcare to all patients. In conjunction with the UT System, she has established several endowments and volunteers to help promote educational advancement focusing on diversity and inclusion. She is a member of the UT Chancellor's Council Executive Committee and supports initiatives and issues of importance to higher education in Texas. Marjorie received a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. She is passionate about providing equity in education, healthcare, and environmental outcomes and is proud to serve on Climable’s board.

Awinja Otiato

Awinja is Chief of Staff and Director of Policy at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) where she advises the Commissioner in deciding strategic, policy, program, and communication issues; identifies and implements strategies to accomplish office strategic, program, and operational goals; and directs and exercises an efficient system of control through the development and implementation of office operational policies and procedures. Awinja earned her B.S. in Accounting from the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (now Philadelphia University). She earned her MBA in Social Policy & Management from Brandeis University’s Heller School of Social Policy & Management in Waltham, MA. She is excited to be part of Climable, a team of individuals who are devoted to challenges caused by climate change, and who are actually doing something about it.

Jean Anne Ramey

Founder

Jean Ann Ramey (she/her) is the founder of Climable. She is also a co-founder of the energy and environmental consulting firm Synapse Energy Economics. Her professional experience also includes working as an economist in the Electric Power Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and as an analyst at Tellus Institute.

Working with Synapse, Jean Ann kept noticing the same big problem: Synapse would develop rigorous reports packed with vital information, but often, these reports would be too technical and complex for non-experts to digest. Jean Ann realized that for society to make the best use of climate science, that science has to be accessible and comprehensible. With that realization, Climable was born!

Samantha Sharma

Secretary

Samantha Sharma is a Climate Program Manager at Harvard University's Office for Sustainability. With a background in mechanical engineering and energy consulting, Samantha has developed and implemented strategic decarbonization programs across various business sectors, specializing in thermal and electrical utility systems. Samantha is motivated to contribute to a just energy transition and sees climate resilience, energy education, and community building as primary pillars of her work.