Meet the Team

Staff Board Funders Generation Fellows Senior Fellows

Tisha Schuller

Founder & CEO, Adamantine Energy; Breakthrough Institute Board Chair

Rachel Pritzker

Founder, Pritzker Innovation Fund; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Tom Riley

Head of Finance, Seattle Sounders FC; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Matt Winkler

Chairman and Founder, Asuragen; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Ross Koningstein

Director Emeritus, Google Inc.; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Jennifer Hernandez

Partner, Holland & Knight; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Bill Budinger

Founding Director, Rodel Foundations; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Chris Foreman

Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Ray Rothrock

Partner Emeritus, Venrock; Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Ted Nordhaus

Founder and President

Adam Werbach

CEO of Planet10B, Breakthrough Institute Board Member

Fellowships

Cutting-edge policy research at one of the country's most intellectually challenging think tanks. Fellowship and friendships that last a lifetime.

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Jobs

The Breakthrough Institute is an environmental research center based in Oakland, California. Our research focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in three areas: energy, conservation, and food and farming.

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