Organizational Development & Policy Manager
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability - Portland Clean Energy Fund
Portland, Oregon
Jaimes works for the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, implementing the groundbreaking Portland Clean Energy Fund focused on addressing climate action that advances racial and social justice. Before this position, Jaimes worked for Spark Northwest, where he advocated for regulatory, market and legislative policy changes towards a vision of communities powered by affordable, locally controlled clean energy. He has more than 15 years of experience in energy issues and community-building, including in project development, energy planning, utility marketing and public advocacy towards an equitable, clean energy economy. In 2012, he spent a year as a Robert Bosh Fellow in Germany researching cooperatively funded renewable development, community energy planning, and distributed energy integration. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and environmental studies from Whitman College.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM