Built, financed, and regulated at the highest levels
NextGen Energy is led by a team that has built, financed, and regulated energy infrastructure at the highest levels — now applied to the challenge of bringing that same rigor to the community scale.
Kimberly A. Johnston
30 years in energy strategy, grid innovation, finance, and regulation, including Americas Power & Utilities Partner at EY and Corporate Officer at CenterPoint Energy. Has testified before FERC and state commissions on financing structures securing billions in power infrastructure, and serves on the DOE's Long-Duration Energy Storage Consortium. CPA; credentials from Utah, Harvard, and Northwestern.
Riccardo Bertocco
30+ years of consulting leadership in energy and utilities, including North America Utilities and Energy Transition Leader at BCG and Global Partner at Bain. Has delivered $1B+ in cost savings through procurement reform, M&A integration, and digital analytics. MBA from Wharton; BS from Bocconi.
Gina Ashe
30+ year executive leader in finance, technology, and sustainability, co-leading carbon-free grid innovation and AI-enabled optimization at NGE. Previously led corporate strategy and project finance for Utah Hydrogen Products and served as CEO of ThirdChannel and Krush Technology. MBA from NYU Stern; BS in Computer Science from Columbia.
Michael Johnston
Tax strategist with four decades advising on complex investments, fund structures, and compliance across energy, with senior roles at Deloitte Tax LLP, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and KPMG. Recent focus on ESG and energy-transition investing. BBA and MPA from UT Austin; CPA in Texas.
Jamie Bond
20+ years advancing resilience strategy, regulatory innovation, and technology modernization across the energy sector, leading grid-hardening and distributed-energy deployments for state agencies, utilities, and global enterprises. BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and credentials in Project Management, Risk Management, and Applied AI.
Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea
Two decades in global communications, sustainability strategy, and public affairs, advising Fortune 50 executives, UN ambassadors, and government leaders. Previously SVP at WE Communications and 20 years with UNICEF shaping international policy including the SDGs. MA in International Relations; BS in Journalism.
Tetyana (Tanya) Rabczak
20 years of U.S. and European experience across utility oversight, grid planning, market design, clean-tech finance, and electrification. Has taught Clean Energy Law at Northwestern Pritzker and advised the Illinois Commerce Commission. Two advanced postgraduate law degrees (Chicago, Wake Forest) and a JD from Lviv National University.
Keep reading.
Why we built NextGen Energy
The structural problem the clean energy market accepted as fixed — and the model that closes it.
Read the case →Our Story
How the U.S. Department of Energy validated our model, and what it charged NGE to do next.
Read our story →Partners
The policy allies, industry councils, and programs building this category alongside NGE.
See our partners →Two challenges. One company built for both.