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Marcel Akhame is an Associate with Breakthrough Energy’s (BE) U.S. Policy and Advocacy team. His responsibilities include a mix of programmatic work, strategy implementation and evaluation, project management, and partner relations, with a particular but not exclusive focus on U.S. states and regions.
Prior to joining BE, Marcel was a Congressional Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. As a Congressional Fellow, he worked with the office of Congressman A. Donald McEachin and the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources where he supported numerous environmental justice, energy, and climate legislative and advocacy actions through research, writing, outreach and engagement. Marcel has also worked as a Program Analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Water (OW). While at the EPA, he served as the point of contact for a $120 million grant program and supported OW in defining the benefits and methodology of the Pilot Programs within the initial rollout of the Justice40 initiative.
Marcel holds a Master of Public Policy degree from American University, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Texas.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) invests in companies that leverage innovative technologies to help address climate change. Backed by many of the world’s top business leaders, BEV has more than $1 billion in committed capital to support bold entrepreneurs building companies that can significantly reduce emissions from agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. The fund was created in 2016 by the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.