Meet the Team
Teacher-scholars and practitioners on the leading edge of theory and practice.
Center Team
Erin Mansur
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research; Revers Professor of Business Administration
Erin Mansur is the senior associate dean for faculty and research, the Revers Professor of Business Administration, and faculty director of the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability and Innovation. In addition to his positions at Tuck, Mansur is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an adjunct professor (by courtesy) in Dartmouth College’s Economics department. His research interests focus on industrial organization and environmental economics, primarily on questions regarding energy markets and energy policy. Recent work examines electric-car charging and power-plant emissions, the changing U.S. electricity grid, decarbonization and electrification policies, and the dispatch of existing power plants. Mansur’s research has appeared in numerous top journals, including the American Economic Review; American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; and the Journal of Industrial Economics, where he is an associate editor. Before Tuck, Mansur taught in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth, the School of Management at Yale University, and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale.
Jonathan Silverthorne D’08
Director, Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability & Innovation
Jonathan Silverthorne is the Director of the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. His experience spans work in the energy industry, leadership development field, and international policy.
Prior to Tuck, Jonathan worked on financing and deploying solar and storage projects at Amp Energy, a global developer and asset owner, where he focused on late-stage development, investor diligence, and US policy. From 2011-2017, he ran professional fellowships for rising leaders in energy, climate, and foreign policy as Director of the Millennium Leadership Program at the Atlantic Council. With a background in international affairs, he also served in the Obama Administration as a policy advisor at the US Department of Homeland Security.
Jonathan has an MBA and master’s degree in energy studies from Yale University and a BA in History summa cum laude from Dartmouth. He speaks French, Russian and conversational Arabic; is a board director at the American Resilience Project; and enjoys tennis, hiking, and exploring the Upper Valley with his dog, Argo.
April Turner-Girard
Program Manager, Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability & Innovation
April Turner-Girard is the Program Manager for the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation. Prior to Tuck, April taught at Vermont State Colleges as an Adjunct Professor and worked as a Social Media Strategist/Sr. Designer for Hanover Co-op Food Stores, the second largest co-op in the United States. At the Co-op, April managed marketing initiatives for local food sales and growth.
From 2007-2013, April worked for the Dartmouth College Fund supporting marketing and fundraising. In this role, she managed the $500,000 communications budget and tracked ROI for all marketing programs. Prior to moving to Vermont, April worked for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as the Program Coordinator at Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Lab. In this role, she ran the short-term participant program where college students worked side-by-side with researchers Dr. Lou Herman and Dr. Adam Pack.
As a past naturalist working in the Bahamas and Hawaii, April holds a wealth of information about marine mammals. Not surprisingly, she spends her free time volunteering for Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC). She holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University and a BA from University of California Santa Barbara.
Faculty
Erin Mansur
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research; Revers Professor of Business Administration
Erin Mansur is the senior associate dean for faculty and research, the Revers Professor of Business Administration, and faculty director of the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability and Innovation. In addition to his positions at Tuck, Mansur is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an adjunct professor (by courtesy) in Dartmouth College’s Economics department. His research interests focus on industrial organization and environmental economics, primarily on questions regarding energy markets and energy policy. Recent work examines electric-car charging and power-plant emissions, the changing U.S. electricity grid, decarbonization and electrification policies, and the dispatch of existing power plants. Mansur’s research has appeared in numerous top journals, including the American Economic Review; American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; and the Journal of Industrial Economics, where he is an associate editor. Before Tuck, Mansur taught in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth, the School of Management at Yale University, and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale.
Anant K. Sundaram
Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Anant Sundaram teaches Corporate Valuation and Business and Climate Change at Tuck. His areas of expertise are business valuation, M&A, corporate governance, and financial strategies for profitable growth.
Charlie Donovan
Adjunct Professor of Business Administration
Charlie Donovan is Principal Economist at Impax Asset Management and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business, where he teaches a course on Business and Climate Change. Impax is the world’s largest publicly-traded investment firm dedicated to sustainability.
Charlie was previously Professor of Practice in the Department of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Washington, where he remains Affliate Professor and Chair of the UW Climate Risk Lab. Before returning to the US, he was Professor of Practice at Imperial College London and Founding Executive Director of lmperial’s award-winning Centre for Climate Finance and Investment. In his corporate career, Charlie was most recently Head of Structuring and Valuation for Global Power at BP plc. He was part of the team that launched BP Alternative Energy in 2005 with an $8 billion funding commitment. He began his career as an Energy Policy Analyst at the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration.
Charlie is co-author and editor of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future, now in its second edition. He holds a BA from the University of Washington, an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and gained a DBA in finance from IE Business School.
Bryan Bollinger
Professor of Marketing and Economic Policy
Before joining Tuck, Bryan Bollinger was a professor of marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business, where he served as the academic director of doctoral studies. His interdisciplinary research portfolio aims to understand the causal effects of marketing and policy decisions and the interdependent reactions by consumers and firms. Examples include drivers of solar adoption and pricing, the role of home-automation and dynamic pricing on demand response, and response to information. His research has been supported by grants from the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and others. His work has been published in all of the leading journals in marketing, as well as in journals in other disciplines, including Nature, PNAS, AEJ: Economic Policy, and the RAND Journal of Economics. Bollinger serves on the editorial review boards at the Journal of Marketing Research, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Marketing Science, and Journal of Consumer Research. His research has been highlighted in news outlets such as the Economist, NPR, the New York Times, and the Harvard Business Review.
Fellows
Stephen Beaumont T’26
Stephen Beaumont is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, he spent three and a half years at Raytheon designing radar components and later spent an additional three years at a clean tech energy startup commercializing fuel cell generators. At Tuck, Stephen pursues a Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods focus and plays guitar in the Tuck Band. Stephen has an B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UMass Amherst.
Sam Brigham T’26
Sam Brigham is a T'26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, he worked at a boutique consulting firm specializing in travel and tourism, economic development, and education strategic planning. Sam’s interest in sustainability stems from undergraduate coursework in energy economics and environmental science, a selection of past consulting projects with a sustainability module, and serving on his prior company’s Green Committee. Sam is passionate about how countries can develop the infrastructure necessary to further facilitate the energy transition and exploring how emerging technologies can play a bigger role in this transition. At Tuck, Sam is also a Consulting Club Chair, teaching assistant, and Spanish lesson volunteer. Outside of the classroom, Sam is an avid skier, runner, and biker.
Matt Cadmus T’26
Matt Cadmus is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow and a former Power Electronics Design Engineer. Matt earned his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, working on the F-15 modernization program at Boeing and on Power Electronics R&D at Raytheon. Matt has always been interested in energy growing up around the oil industry in Houston, and after the 2021 Texas power crisis, his interests shifted to grid resilience and infrastructure overall. He came to Tuck with the ultimate goal of working with utility companies and their suppliers, along with exploring the ample opportunities to experiment entrepreneurially. In addition to being a huge energy nerd, he also enjoys taking his Toyota GR86 to the track and bothering his cat Nina.
Ludo Gianni T’26
Ludovica is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Before coming to Tuck, she worked as a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in Milan, Italy, focusing on climate and general risk management within the Financial Services sector. Ludovica is excited to pivot her career toward Hospitality and Real Estate Development and will be interning at Marriott International in Bethesda. At Tuck, she is exploring her interests in climate tech and climate finance, serves as a Tuck Admissions Associate, and is Chair of the Hospitality Club. In her free time, she enjoys skiing and hiking.
Jacob Goodkin T’26
Jacob Goodkin is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, he spent five years at Boston Trust Walden, a $16B high-quality, long-only investment manager in Boston, where he served as an ESG Analyst. In this role, he focused on identifying environmental and social factors critical to the firm’s investment decisions and engaging with portfolio companies on key climate issues.
Most recently, Jacob interned in the Investment Banking Division at Guggenheim Securities as a generalist in New York and looks forward to continuing his career in finance after Tuck. On campus, he also serves as an Admissions Associate and as a Nonprofit Board Fellow with the Vermont Institute of Natural Science.
In his free time, Jacob enjoys powder days, whitewater kayaking, and hiking in the Upper Valley. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies from Franklin & Marshall College.
Will Holding T’26
Will Holding is a first-year MBA student at the Tuck School of Business, focused on climate tech, infrastructure, and early-stage investing. Prior to Tuck, he spent four years as an equity research associate at Franklin Templeton, covering industrial software and energy transition companies. At Tuck, he is a Director of the Social Venture Fund and will be interning with SeaAhead, a venture fund/incubator geared towards the blue economy (ocean technology). He plans to continue focusing on early stage, climate/resilience-focused companies with his career. In his free time, Will enjoys running, skiing, golfing, reading, and surfing (though not in the Upper Valley).
Vishnu Kadirisani T’26
Vishnu Kadirisani is a T’26 Revers Center Fellow focused on energy, sustainability, and innovation. Before Tuck, he spent six years as an engineer in the oil and gas industry. This summer, he will intern at McKinsey in Houston as he transitions into a career in management consulting. At Tuck, Vishnu is exploring energy economics, serves on the Judicial Board, and co-chairs the Tuck Film Society. Outside the classroom, he enjoys skiing and building community through campus events. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
Saksham Khosla T’26
Saksham Khosla is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Before Tuck, he conducted policy research at the World Bank and the Carnegie Endowment, and later advised governments, investors, and companies on blended finance and decarbonization at Dalberg Advisors. At Tuck, he is Co-Chair of the South Asian Business Association and a Director of the Tuck Social Venture Fund. Saksham is passionate about leveraging climate finance and frontier technologies to drive decarbonization at scale, particularly in emerging and underserved markets. In his free time, he enjoys playing rugby, hockey, and soccer, and hosting small-group dinners. Saksham will join Investor Group Services in Boston this summer. He holds an M.A. in International Economics and Development from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a B.A. in Politics and Creative Writing from Oberlin College.
RC Kuluri T’26
Ramachandra Reddy Kuluri is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow and a Director of the Tuck Social Venture Fund. Prior to Tuck, he spent over a decade in the global energy sector, including roles in strategy, digital transformation, and sustainability at McKinsey & Company, Schlumberger, and Wood Group. His work has spanned Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, with a focus on decarbonization, digital solutions, and operational efficiency across oil and gas value chains. At Tuck, he is focused on building a long-term career at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and innovation exploring opportunities in private equity, and energy transition finance. He is actively involved in the Energy Club, and brings a global perspective to investing through his leadership in the Tuck Social Venture Fund. Ramachandra holds a B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and enjoys experimenting with regional Indian cooking in his free time.
Brian Levenson T’26
Brian Levenson is a T'26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, he spent five years working as an investment consultant working to help pensions and endowments & foundations structure and invest their portfolios. Brian is looking forward to transitioning into a career in sustainable finance. At Tuck, Brian is focused on learning more about energy finance, is a co-chair of the Ski & Snowboard Club, and is an avid runner. Brian has a B.A. in Environmental Policy from Colby College.
Eric Ma T’26
Eric Ma is a T'26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, Eric spent several years as a management consultant with Deloitte, focusing on AI strategy and implementation for clients across the energy, technology, and public sectors. Eric is passionate about leveraging finance to facilitate the transition to sustainable energy systems and will be interning as an Investment Banking Summer Associate at Bank of America in their natural resources group. At Tuck, he serves as the External Case Competition Lead, actively participates in finance and energy-focused extracurriculars, and enjoys performing music as co-chair of the Tuck Band. Eric holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary.
Ashna Mehta T’26
Ashna Mehta is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, she worked at ExxonMobil and Wood Mackenzie in roles spanning reliability engineering, energy strategy, and company valuations. This summer, she will join McKinsey & Company in Houston as a Summer Associate. At Tuck, Ashna is eager to deepen her understanding of energy finance and sustainability. She serves as Co-Chair of the Mental Health and Wellness Initiative and the Dance Club. Outside the classroom, she enjoys dancing, cooking for fellow Tuckies, and taking nature walks in the Upper Valley. She holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering.
John Pashby T’26
Jack Pashby is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Before Tuck, he served as a Naval Officer aboard the USS San Francisco, where he managed nuclear operations during its conversion to a Moored Training Ship and served as the ship’s Chemistry and Radiological Controls Assistant. Jack is spending the summer as an internal strategy consultant for an advanced manufacturing firm, focusing on commercializing defense-sector technologies. At Tuck, he is exploring opportunities at the intersection of energy, national security, and emerging tech. Originally from the Southeast, Jack is an avid violinist and enjoys coin collecting and gardening.
Michael Pinkerton T’26
Michael Pinkerton is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Before Tuck, he spent six years in Washington, D.C., first working in the U.S. Senate on international trade policy and later at T. Rowe Price, where he translated public policy into actionable investment insights across sectors including energy and infrastructure. Michael looks forward to interning at American Century Investments this summer where he will analyze investment opportunities in public companies. Michael is passionate about energy finance and policy and is pursuing a dual degree with Johns Hopkins SAIS. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, hiking in the Upper Valley, and cheering for the Green Bay Packers.
Srishti Sethia T’26
Srishti is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, she spent over five years in management consulting, focusing on sustainability initiatives, particularly in decarbonization and circularity strategies across consumer good and service, tech/data centers and e-commerce sectors. At Tuck, Srishti is deepening her expertise at the intersection of business, finance, and sustainability. She serves as a Director of the Tuck Social Venture Fund (TSVF), where she evaluates and supports early-stage ventures in the climate, circularity, and decarbonization space. She is particularly interested in regenerative agriculture and cost-effective nature-based solutions. This summer, Srishti will intern at BCG in Seattle. She holds a background in Economics and Finance and enjoys hiking and watching the NBA in her free time.
Carlos Solano T’26
Carlos Solano is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Prior to Tuck, he spent five years working in the energy sector, first as a parts engineer for steam turbines and generators, and then as a safety controls engineer for Small Modular nuclear Reactors (SMR). Carlos is looking forward to transitioning into a career in strategy around energy source and technology development to aid in decarbonization efforts. This summer, he will be interning at Apple in Cupertino, California. At Tuck, Carlos is focused on learning more about energy finance, is a HASA co-chair, and spends his free time exploring the Upper Valley. Carlos has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Zackary White T’26
Zackary is a T’26 Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation Fellow. Before Tuck, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, where he led infrastructure projects and oversaw base facilities. This summer, he will intern at State Street, where he hopes to explore opportunities in their real estate division. Zackary also co-owns a home services business, which he is expanding into a broader real estate venture. At Tuck, he focuses on finance, analytics, and entrepreneurship. He is an Entrepreneurship Center Fellow and a leader of the ETA Club. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Norwich University, is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Navy Nuclear Power School graduate.
Mentors
Elyse Allan
Former CEO, GE Canada
GE Canada CEO Elyse Allan D’79, T’84 is helping advance the company’s innovation agenda one good idea at a time.
Sarah Barpoulis
board member, SemGroup Corporation
Sarah Barpoulis T'91 credits Tuck for a style that lends itself to constructive debate, consensus building, and empowering others, which she sees as the key attributes of successful board members.
Phil Giudice
Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy; former CEO, Ambri
Phil Giudice T'85 is CEO of AMBRI, a Boston-based startup chasing the Holy Grail of renewable energy: cheap, reliable, and massively scalable electricity storage.
Thad Hill
President & CEO, Calpine
As the president and CEO of Calpine, a Fortune 500 power generator and retailer, Thad Hill T’95 is doing exactly what he envisioned when he came to Tuck in 1993.
Mike Miskovsky
CEO and president, InEVit
Energy entrepreneur Mike Miskovsky T'90 is bullish on the future of electric vehicles even though he doesn’t think much of today’s electric cars.
Eric Spiegel
Former CEO, Siemens USA
People call Eric Spiegel T'87 the most natural leader they’ve ever met. Now CEO of Siemens USA, a global electronics and engineering powerhouse, he gets to lead on the issues that matter most. To his company and the country.
Robert Wallace
president and CEO, BITHENERGY
Robert Wallace T'84 is a Baltimore-born entrepreneur who has written six books and runs three companies focusing on information technology, executive coaching, and most recently, renewable energy.