Kelsey Lynn Skinner

Kelsey is the Tech Ventures Director of Touchstone Innovations. Prior to joining Touchstone, she was a Partner at Firelake Capital, a Palo Alto VC firm specialising in energy and materials science investments. Kelsey focused on commercialization of new materials technologies and business models; she held board director or observer seats with Zeachem, EnerG2, EOS Climate and Simbol Materials. An engineer by training, Kelsey has worked in energy technology since 2003, including roles with Google’s green energy strategy group and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP). Kelsey has a BSc and MSc from Stanford University, and later studied for an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.