Allyson is Co-founder and CEO of High Ambition Climate Collective, a nonprofit organization driving climate action in the energy sector with a focus on ports and shipping. She is an international renewable energy, climate and sustainability policy and campaign expert with experience integrating new and emerging technologies into market models. Prior to co-founding HACC, Allyson served as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director, leading their Ports for People campaign to end port and ship pollution in partnership with frontline community-based organizations. Allyson previously served as the Director of Regulatory Affairs for SRECTrade, where she collaborated with industry and grassroots organizations on renewable energy policies; as Chief of Staff to Jared Blumenfeld for California Governor Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign, Energy & Environment team; and as a consultant on energy in cities, cannabis, and cryptocurrency. Allyson holds a Juris Doctor, Environmental Law from Golden Gate University School of Law and a B.S., Business Administration from University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. She lives in San Francisco with her family.