Kristi Kimball is Founder and CEO of the Clean Energy Communities Fund - a philanthropic fund that will deliver seed grants quickly to 2,000 communities across the country to help jump start or accelerate their work on home and vehicle electrification and residential clean energy. The grant funding will be paired with significant investments in peer-learning cohorts and technical assistance – on program design and implementation, fundraising and grant writing support, and workforce development and contractor connections – to help make this work in each community successful and sustainable over time. Kristi is also Executive Director of Electrify Oregon and Co-Founder of Energize Bend. All three of these organizations are focused on spurring individuals to take action to address climate change.

Previously, Kristi served as Executive Director of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation from 2012 through 2021. In this role she designed and oversaw grantmaking on topics including: improving K-12 education in California and nationwide, job training and workforce development, housing and homelessness, COVID and disaster relief, and medical research. Kristi also served as a program officer at the Hewlett Foundation, and she has done consulting work for and developed partnerships with a wide range of funders, nonprofits, for profits, and local governments.

Kristi has served on boards including: Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Dartmouth Center for Social Innovation, Boys & Girls Club of Bend Oregon, Transportation for a Livable City, Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition, Grantmakers for Education, Envision Education, Ross Valley Charter School, California Charter Schools Association, and she was a participant and member of the California Collaborative on District Reform for a number of years. Kristi holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in public administration from Princeton University.