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Bernadette Del Chiaro
Executive Director
- California Solar & Storage Association
- Environment America - Western States Regional Director
- Environment California - Director, Clean Energy & Global Warming Programs
- Toxics Action Center - Organizing Director
- Green Corps - Organizer
Other Affiliations : University of California, Berkeley - BS '94
Ms. Del Chiaro came to the California Solar & Storage Association in July 2013 with over a decade of policy and advocacy experience on renewable energy issues in California. As the Director of Clean Energy and Global Warming Programs at Environment California, Ms. Del Chiaro was a leading voice within several major clean energy policy initiatives including the Million Solar Roofs Initiative (SB 1) and the resulting California Solar Initiative, the Solar Water Heating Initiative (AB 1470), and the renewable portfolio standards established at the state and local levels. She’s authored several clean energy reports and has been quoted widely in the media including MSNBC, NPR, BBC, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and dozens of local and trade outlets. Del Chiaro, a California native, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994 and is a 1998 graduate of Green Corps. She lives in Sacramento with her husband, Steve, and two young children, Oliver and Willa.
