Advocate for The End Kidney Deaths Act
Los Altos, CA
Jeff Byron has 45 years of experience in emerging energy technologies, the electric power industry, and sustainable energy policy. He was a Fellow in the inaugural cohort at the Stanford Distinguished Career Institute in 2015. Jeff served for five years on the California Energy Commission presiding over numerous power plant siting cases, supervising public interest energy research, and guiding state energy policy. He has also served on non-profit boards providing local services for the developmentally disabled, several research advisory boards, has chaired energy committees for the California Manufacturing and Technology Council and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and the board of the world’s largest clean technology business accelerator.
He has advised several startup companies developing unique generation and control technologies, energy management, and consumer-oriented smart grid devices, and enjoys mentoring college and high school students. Jeff recently served on the Community Advisory Council of Central Coast Community Energy and was a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest seed funding organization. He currently has been working with a national coalition advocating for the End Kidney Deaths Act.
Jeff received a BS and MS from Stanford University.
Profile of Impact: Power and Joy of Giving
With Deborah Byron