E+CO, Co-founder and CEO

As co-founder and CEO of E+Co, Christine has overseen the organization’s growth from a start-up to an international leader in the developing country energy finance space. She is instrumental in maintaining E+Co’s mission to empower local small and growing enterprises that supply clean and affordable energy in developing countries, producing social, environmental and financial returns. She has spearheaded collaborations with multilateral organizations and negotiated alliances with major corporations, all with the goal of creating a foundation for enterprises that increase clean energy access in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

A frequent contributor to the small and growing business debate, Christine is a founding member of the “Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs” (ANDE) and currently serves on its executive committee. She regularly presents lessons learned from E+Co’s 15 years of experience in clean energy enterprise development at various international venues.

Christine spent over 10 years at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, concentrating on the development of public-private partnerships and is an Honors graduate of Douglass College and the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. In 2007, she received the Woman of Inspiration Award from Fairleigh Dickinson University and in 2011 she was awarded the Keystone Leadership Award for the Environment.