Zach Franklin

Zach Franklin joined GRID Alternatives in 2006 and has helped grow it into a nationally recognized organization. As part of GRID's vision of a transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone, Zach launched and leads the organization's expanding clean mobility work. This initiative, initially focused in California, works to make electric vehicles more accessible to the communities GRID serves through investments from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in low-carbon transportation equity programs, and SB 1275, the California Charge Ahead Initiative.

Prior to joining GRID, Zach worked in the affordable housing field in the areas of project development, fundraising, and community services, including launching and running community technology centers at affordable housing complexes in the Bay Area and Providence, Rhode Island, and developing housing facilities for low-income seniors and homeless families in Oakland and Richmond. He holds a degree in Economics and History from Brown University and serves on the Board of Directors of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, a leading workforce development organization based in Oakland.