Team
Ava is a public agency based in Oakland with a staff of about 85, 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, Power Resources
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Russell Mills LinkedIn ProfileAccount Services
Senior Manager, Public Engagement
Analyst II, Account Services
Alvin Lin LinkedIn Profile
Senior Coordinator, Public Engagement
Cait Cady LinkedIn Profile
Customer Operations Manager
Chris Davis LinkedIn Profile
Senior Coordinator, Customer Operations
Cody Vaughn LinkedIn Profile
Account Rates and Equity Manager
Analyst II, Account Rates & Equity
Gabrielle Tsotu LinkedIn Profile
Senior Coordinator, Commercial Customers
Juan Cortez LinkedIn Profile
Senior Director, Account Services
Kelly Birdwell Brezovec LinkedIn ProfileFinance and Operations
Director, Clean Energy Structured Finance
Colin Krenitsky LinkedIn Profile
Finance Associate
Senior Manager, Finance
Jason Bartlett LinkedIn Profile
Finance & Operations Associate
Joseph Sit LinkedIn Profile
Executive Assistant
Director, Clean Energy Structured Finance
Niels Zellers LinkedIn Profile
Manager, Structured Finance
Ryne Dudley LinkedIn ProfileHuman Resources and Office Operations
Office Coordinator
Manager, Employee Experience
Marilen Taylor LinkedIn Profile
Manager, Office Operations
Human Resources Analyst
MK Newsome-Rouse LinkedIn Profile
Human Resources Operations Manager
IT Manager
Vice President, Human Resources and Office Operations
Trevor Cherr LinkedIn ProfileEngineering, Analytics, and Salesforce
Salesforce Developer
Ben Weber LinkedIn Profile
Senior Director, Analytics
Senior Analyst, Data
Senior Data Engineer
Ethan Yung LinkedIn Profile
Salesforce Lead
Jenelle Feole LinkedIn Profile
Principal Data Scientist
Data Engineer
Romeo Phillips LinkedIn Profile
Staff Data Engineer
Legal
Clerk of the Board
Legal Director
John Perkins LinkedIn Profile
Legal Operations and Contracts Manager
Molly Gilmore Brewer LinkedIn Profile
Lead Contracts Coordinator & Associate Clerk
Contracts Associate
Local Development
Associate, Energy Efficiency
Allison Lopez LinkedIn Profile
Solar and Storage Associate
Director, Infrastructure Delivery
Senior Associate, Transportation Electrification
Brett Wiley LinkedIn Profile
Clean Energy Services Analyst II
Cheri Tse LinkedIn Profile
Manager, Electrification Programs
Dan Bertoldi LinkedIn Profile
Senior Program Manager
Feliz Ventura LinkedIn Profile
Associate, Distributed Energy Resources
Forrest Csulak LinkedIn Profile
Senior Analyst, Local Programs Report
Heidy Ramirez LinkedIn Profile
Building Electrification Program Analyst
Vice President, Local Development, Electrification and Innovation
JP Ross LinkedIn Profile
Director, Clean Energy Services
Lori Bilella LinkedIn Profile
Product Manager, DC Fast Charging
Vanessa Gerber LinkedIn Profile
Manager, Transportation Electrification
Zac Thompson LinkedIn ProfileMarketing
Content Strategist
Cassandra Dreher LinkedIn Profile
Designer
Christina Cheuk LinkedIn Profile
Director, Marketing
Dan Lieberman LinkedIn Profile
Outreach Coordinator, San Joaquin County
Hector Aguiniga LinkedIn Profile
Marketing Associate
Lisbeth Gallegos LinkedIn Profile
Outreach Consultant
Outreach Coordinator
Shuge Luo LinkedIn Profile
Senior Coordinator, Marketing Content
Sofi Hecht LinkedIn Profile
Head of Marketing
Theresa McDermit LinkedIn ProfilePower Procurement
Resource Planning & Portfolio Management Analyst
Director, Energy Analytics and Electric Supply
Chris Eshleman LinkedIn Profile
Modeler-in-Chief
CAISO Day Ahead Manager
Gabriel Head LinkedIn Profile
Manager, Power Resources
Director, Power Resource
Jim Dorrance LinkedIn Profile
Financial Modeler Analyst
Power Resources Contracts Manager
Joanie Brooke LinkedIn Profile
Senior Manager, Power Resource
Karen Lee LinkedIn Profile
Analyst, Power Resources
Senior Analyst, Power Resources Contracts & Settlement
Power Resources Data Analyst
Olivia Vasquez LinkedIn Profile
Power Resources and Credit Risk Manager
Director, Originations
Scott Harding LinkedIn Profile
Senior Manager, Virtual Power Plant
Shannon Rivers LinkedIn Profile
Manager, PR Settlements
Public Policy
Regulatory Analyst II
Claire Huang LinkedIn Profile
Senior Coordinator, Policy
Dominic Faria LinkedIn Profile
Senior Manager, Principal Regulatory
John Newton LinkedIn Profile
Public Policy Fellow
Kendall Downie LinkedIn Profile
Senior Regulatory and Data Analyst
Michael Quiroz LinkedIn Profile
Compliance Management Associate
Senior Director of Public Policy and Deputy General Counsel