NOTABLE LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY.

Sara Chamberlain Co-founder and managing director Energy Foundry As a co-founder of a cleantech venture-capital firm, Sara Chamberlain invests in groundbreaking companies across the energy storage, renewables, energy efficiency and grid resiliency sectors, including local firms such as Nanograf, Network Perception, Volexion and Azumo. She's also led an aggressive effort to electrify the company's extensive fleet of vehicles and equipment and is working to strengthen biodiversity in the company's service territory by restoring wildlife habitats along ComEd's transmission rights of way. His team engaged portfolio company ADT on setting greenhouse gas emissions goals and pursuing electrification of its vehicle fleet. He's guided the firm through the construction of a 90-company portfolio and, most recently, helped launch a $300 million special opportunities fund to address needs in climate-tech financing. [Extracted from the article]