Clay is a founding partner at Lowercarbon Capital and, as the team’s most active investor, he identifies and supports the preposterously ambitious companies working to undo global warming. He also advises climate nonprofits who are working to avert dangerous climate tipping points. Clay previously spent a decade working in the federal government and presidential campaigns. He was the Chief of Staff for the White House Office of Digital Strategy, a team tasked by President Obama with connecting people with purpose. At the start of President Obama’s second term, he served as an aide in the Chief of Staff’s office. Before joining the White House, Clay worked on President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. He graduated from Harvard in 2011.