Joel is a leading advocate for electric vehicles, clean energy and effective climate policies. As executive director of Plug In America, he is focused on continuing to build it as the national consumer voice for electric vehicles in the United States. He is chair of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, which links together EV driver associations around the world and represents the voice of EV drivers at the international level. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sustainability Council and the California Energy Commission Clean Transportation Program Advisory Committee. Prior to joining Plug In America, he served as vice president for business development at the Climate Action Reserve, a registry for carbon offsets. He has an MBA from UC Berkeley and an MA in international economics from the Johns Hopkins University. He drives a Nissan LEAF and mostly charges at home on a Clipper Creek HCS-50 charging station.
