Dan Reicher

Dan Reicher has served three U.S. presidents, testified before the U.S. Congress more than 50 times, led the launch of Google’s pathbreaking climate and clean energy work, oversaw a $1.2 billion annual clean energy R&D budget as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy, and co-founded the nation’s first investment firm focused exclusively on renewable energy project finance. His leadership on the Uncommon Dialogue has resulted in a fundamental rethinking of the potential of dams and hydropower. Reicher served from 2011 to 2018 as founding executive director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, a joint center of the Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Reicher came to Stanford from Google, where he served since 2007 as Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives. More details about Dan here: https://www.hydro.org/powerhouse/article/speaker-spotlight-dan-reicher-stanford-woods-institute-for-environment/