Miranda Ballentine
Operating Partner
Miranda Ballentine is devoted to accelerating clean energy for national security, economic prosperity, and solving climate change.
Most recently Miranda was the founding CEO of the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance (“CEBA”), where she co-created, and guided a community of corporate energy customers to accelerate their influence in grid decarbonization. Miranda built the CEBA organization from the ground up, growing the team from 6 to 50 staff, increasing revenue six-fold from $2.4M to $17M, doubling membership, and establishing 27 philanthropic relationships. The CEBA member community has led the clean energy industry with the addition of over 71 gigawatts (GW) of wind, solar, and storage capacity in the U.S.
In 2014, Miranda was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 4th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment, & Energy). As the 4th Assistant Secretary Miranda was responsible for a $9B energy budget and environmental programs for 9M acres of land, 200 miles of coastline, 600,000 acres of forests, and 270,000 acres of wetlands.
From 2008-2014, Miranda was Director of Sustainability for Global Renewable Energy at Walmart, where she led a team in 15 countries and identified $1B/year in potential energy savings and 9 MMT of avoided GHG potential.
In 2013, Miranda was selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, and in 2020 she was named Woman of the Year by the Women’s Council on Environment and Energy. Miranda holds a BS degree from Colorado State University and an MBA from George Washington University.