Evaluation
Receive feedback from peer and expert reviewers.
Peer-to-Peer Review
During peer-to-peer review, each applicant will score and comment on five other applications using the four criteria included in the scoring rubric: impactful, feasible, evidence-based, and durable. This is the same scoring rubric that the evaluation panel will use.
Scores will be calculated using an algorithm that ensures a level playing field for all applicants. In addition to scoring each application on the four criteria in the scoring rubric, peer-to-peer reviewers will also provide a final numerical score, ranging between 0-100, representing an overall impression of the entire application. We ask that each peer reviewer carefully read the applications given to them and provide meaningful feedback.
The peer-to-peer review will result in a rank order of all valid submissions. Based on the rank order of scores, top-scoring applications will move forward to the evaluation panel review.
Evaluation Panel
The evaluation panel members have been carefully chosen for their knowledge and experience. Each member scores and comments on the applications assigned to them. Each valid application will receive five sets of reviews that have been statistically normalized. Informed by the resulting rank order of applications, up to five finalists will be named.
Yazan Al Taher
Principal, FullCycle
Shalanda Baker
Professor of Law, Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
Kate Barnes
Senior Program Officer, Conservation and Climate Solutions, MacArthur Foundation
Jessica Boehland
Program Officer, Kresge Foundation
Jane Breyer
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnership, Energy Foundation
Keya Chatterjee
Executive Director, US Climate Action Network
Shanna Cleveland
Program Officer, Clean Energy Barr Foundation
Betty Cremmins
Director, North America Corporate Partnerships, CDP
Bowman Cutter
Associate Professor of Economics, Pomona College
Rebecca Dell
Industry Strategist, Climate Works Foundation
Subin DeVar
Program Director, Community Renewable Energy Sustainable Economies Law Center
Anthony Eggert
Director, Transportation, Climate Works Foundation
Joel Espino
Transportation Equity Lead, Wend Collective
Denise Fairchild
President & CEO, Emerald Cities Collaborative
Chandra Farley
Just Energy Director, Partnership for Southern Equity
Calvin Gladney
President & CEO, Smart Growth America
David Goldstein
NRDC
Anand Gopal
Program Officer, Environment Program Hewlett Foundation
Michael Leon Guerrero
Executive Director, Labor Network for Sustainability
Roland Hwang
Managing Director, Climate & Clean Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Madeline Janis
Executive Director, Jobs to Move America
Tina Johnson
Principal, Johnson Strategy & Development Consultants
SatKartar Khalsa
Program Strategist, Tempest Advisors
Nic Lutsey
Program Director, International Council on Clean Transportation
Cecilia Martinez
Executive Director, Center for Earth, Energy & Democracy
Sierra Martinez
Program Director, National Team, Energy Foundation
Surabi Menon
Vice President, Global Intelligence ClimateWorks Foundation
Deepika Nagabhushan
Program Director, Decarbonized Fossil Energy, Clean Air Task Force
Rudi Navarra
Portfolio Director of Environmental Justice, Emerson Collective
Rolf Nordstrom
President & CEO, Great Plains Institute
Michael Northrop
Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
Vickie Patton
General Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund
Lynn Price
Senior Advisor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Maria Roca
Chair, Department of Integrated Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University
Erin Rogers
Co-Director, Climate & Gender Justice Fund
Michelle Romero
National Director, Green for All
Alvaro Sanchez
Director, Environmental Equity, Greenlining Institute
Gaurav Sant
Professor & Henry Samueli Fellow, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Brendon Slotterback
Program Officer, Midwest Climate & Energy Program, McKnight Foundation
Jennifer Somers
Program Director, Energy Efficiency for All, Energy Foundation
Tom Steinbach
Executive Director, Tempest Advisors
Jorgen Thomsen
Director, Climate Solutions, MacArthur Foundation
Christie Ulman
Executive Director, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Devra Wang
Program Director, Climate & Clean Energy, Heising-Simons Foundation
Michael Webber
Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
Nan Zhou
Head of the International Energy Analysis Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Selection Committee
In partnership with Lever for Change, the Selection Committee will review the top-scoring submissions and select up to five Finalists based on considerations that may include, but are not limited to, rank order, organizational capacity, geographic diversity, and feasibility. The donor will make final determination of the Finalists and Awardee of the 2030 Climate Challenge.