Team
Ava is a public agency based in Oakland with a staff of about 100, governed by a Board of local elected officials. Our team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, bringing together renewable energy experts and passionate individuals from various backgrounds to deliver affordable, clean power to our neighbors.
Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer
Howard Chang LinkedIn Profile
Chief Customer Officer
Annie Henderson LinkedIn Profile
Senior Vice President of Power Resources
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Russell Mills LinkedIn ProfileAccount Services
Senior Public Engagement Manager
Account Services Analyst II
Alvin Lin LinkedIn Profile
Public Engagement Specialist
Cait Cady LinkedIn Profile
Customer Operations Manager
Chris Davis LinkedIn Profile
Customer Operations Analyst
Cody Vaughn LinkedIn Profile
Account Rates and Equity Manager
Account Rates & Equity Analyst II
Gabrielle Tsotu LinkedIn Profile
Commercial Accounts Representative
Juan Cortez LinkedIn Profile
Senior Director of Account Services
Kelly Birdwell Brezovec LinkedIn ProfileEngineering, Analytics, and Salesforce
Director of Salesforce
Aaron Crosman LinkedIn Profile
Salesforce Developer
Ben Weber LinkedIn Profile
Senior Director of Analytics
Associate Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Ellen Kwok LinkedIn Profile
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Engineer
Ethan Yung LinkedIn Profile
Salesforce Product Manager
Jenelle Feole LinkedIn Profile
Senior Analytics and Machine Learning Manager
Salesforce Developer
Data Engineer II
Romeo Phillips LinkedIn Profile
Staff Data Engineer
Finance
Director of Accounting and Controller
Director of Clean Energy Structured Finance
Colin Krenitsky LinkedIn Profile
Senior Finance Associate
Senior Finance Manager
Jason Bartlett LinkedIn Profile
Finance & Operations Associate
Joseph Sit LinkedIn Profile
Director of Clean Energy Structured Finance
Niels Zellers LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources and Credit Risk Manager
Structured Finance Manager
Ryne Dudley LinkedIn ProfileHuman Resources and Office Operations
Office Coordinator
Employee Experience Manager
Marilen Taylor LinkedIn Profile
Office Operations Manager
Director of IT
Mike Guy LinkedIn Profile
Human Resources Analyst
MK Newsome-Rouse LinkedIn Profile
Human Resources Operations Manager
IT Manager
Vice President of Human Resources and Office Operations
Trevor Cherr LinkedIn ProfileLegal
Clerk of the Board
Legal Director and Deputy General Counsel
John Perkins LinkedIn Profile
Legal Operations and Contracts Manager
Molly Gilmore Brewer LinkedIn Profile
Lead Contracts Coordinator & Associate Clerk
Legal Operations and Contracts Manager
Local Development
Energy Efficiency Associate
Allison Lopez LinkedIn Profile
Solar and Storage Associate
Director of Infrastructure Delivery
Infrastructure Delivery Project Manager
Brendan Abatecola LinkedIn Profile
Transportation Electrification Manager
Brett Wiley LinkedIn Profile
Clean Energy Services Analyst II
Cheri Tse LinkedIn Profile
Electrification Programs Manager
Dan Bertoldi LinkedIn Profile
Director of Programs
Feliz Ventura LinkedIn Profile
Distributed Energy Resources Associate
Forrest Csulak LinkedIn Profile
Grants Program Lead
Heidy Ramirez LinkedIn Profile
Building Electrification Program Analyst
Vice President of Local Development, Electrification, and Innovation
JP Ross LinkedIn Profile
Director of Clean Energy Services
Lori Bilella LinkedIn Profile
Ava Charge Program Manager
DC Fast Charging Product Manager
V Gerber LinkedIn Profile
Transportation Electrification Manager
Zac Thompson LinkedIn ProfileMarketing
Content Strategist
Cassandra Dreher LinkedIn Profile
Associate Creative Director
Christina Cheuk LinkedIn Profile
Outreach Coordinator, San Joaquin County
Hector Aguiniga LinkedIn Profile
Outreach and Engagement Manager
James Cunningham LinkedIn Profile
Marketing Associate
Lisbeth Gallegos LinkedIn Profile
Outreach Coordinator
Shuge Luo LinkedIn Profile
Senior Marketing Associate
Sofi Hecht LinkedIn Profile
Marketing Campaigns Manager
Stacy Orr LinkedIn Profile
Head of Marketing
Theresa McDermit LinkedIn ProfilePower Procurement
Senior Energy Supply Analyst
Director of Energy Analytics and Electric Supply
Chris Eshleman LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources Contracts Manager
Modeler-in-Chief
Senior CAISO Day Ahead Manager
Gabriel Head LinkedIn Profile
Senior Power Resources Manager
Director of Power Resources
Jim Dorrance LinkedIn Profile
Financial Modeler Analyst II
Senior Power Resources Contracts Manager
Joanie Brooke LinkedIn Profile
Senior Power Resources Manager
Karen Lee LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources Analyst
Power Resources Contracts Analyst
Kordai Addy LinkedIn Profile
Senior Power Resources Contracts & Settlements Analyst
Power Resources Analyst
Nadiyah Helal LinkedIn Profile
Forecasting Intern
Nianyi Liu LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources Data Analyst
Olivia Vasquez LinkedIn Profile
Power Resource Contracts Analyst
Samara Nassor LinkedIn Profile
Director of Originations
Scott Harding LinkedIn Profile
Senior Power Resources Manager
Shannon Rivers LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources Contracts Manager
Thomas Roccanova LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources Settlements Analyst
Power Resources Settlements Manager
Public Policy
Regulatory Analyst II
Claire Huang LinkedIn Profile
Senior Policy Coordinator
Dominic Faria LinkedIn Profile
Director of Regulatory Affairs
John Newton LinkedIn Profile
Public Policy Coordinator
Kendall Downie LinkedIn Profile
Senior Regulatory and Data Analyst
Michael Quiroz LinkedIn Profile
Principal Legislative Manager
Compliance Management Associate II
Senior Director of Public Policy and Deputy General Counsel