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MATTHEW AGUAYO, 29;
AASHAY ARORA, 28 ENERGY
Cofounders, EnKoat
SANDEEP AHUJA, 28
Cofounder, cove.tool
BENJAMIN BACKER, 22;
DANIELLE BUTCHER, 23
Cofounders, American
Conservation Coalition
MARIA BUITRON, 29
Investor, PIVA
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Cofounder, Swift Solar
CHARLES-HENRI CLERGET, 27;
LOUIS CRETEUR, 29;
ERIC ZHANG, 29
Cofounders, Acoustic Wells
VAITEA COWAN, 26;
JAN-JUSTUS SCHMIDT, 28
Cofounders, Enapter
DANE DEQUILETTES, 29;
ANURAG PANDA, 29
Team leads, GridEdge Solar
DON DEROSA, 29
Cofounder, Eonix
UGWEM ENEYO, 29;
COLE STITES-CLAYTON, 28
Cofounders, SHYFT Power Solutions
ALEXANDRA HARBOUR, 25
Investor, Powerhouse Ventures
ROHIT KALYANPUR, 22
Founder, Optivolt Labs
KENTARO KAWAMORI, 28
Partner, Rice Investment Group
JORDAN KEARNS, 27
Founder, Medley Thermal
ANA SOPHIA MIFSUD, 25 ASHLEY ZUMWALT-FORBES, 29
Senior associate,
Rocky Mountain Institute
PRESIDENT, BLACK MOUNTAIN METALS
ISABEL MOGSTAD, 29
Senior manager,
Environmental Defense Fund Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes is big on batteries.
GRACE PAULSEN, 29 The president of Black Mountain Metals—a di-
Energy investments, Arena Investors vision of Fort Worth, Texas-based energy pro-
RYAN PEARSON, 27; ducer Black Mountain—is on the hunt for ore
MATTHEW RYAN, 27 like nickel, a key ingredient of the lithium-ion
Cofounders, Cypris Materials
batteries that power electric cars like Teslas.
ALEXANDRA RASCH, 29
Founder, Caban Systems In 2018 her unit plowed $75 million into min-
TIM SHERSTYUK, 26 ing operations in Western Australia. That same
Cofounder, GBatteries year, the Harvard M.B.A. ran a hostile takeover
APOORV SINHA, 29 bid for Australian miner Poseidon Nickel, ac-
Founder, Carbon Upcycling Technologies quiring a 20% stake. Zumwalt-Forbes grew up
ZACHARY SMITH, 29 near the oilfields of Choctaw, Oklahoma, ma-
Founder, Zauben
jored in petroleum engineering at the Univer-
ABRAHAM STANWAY, 29 sity of Oklahoma and worked as a drilling en-
Cofounder, Amperon
gineer at ExxonMobil. As head of business
ELISE STROBACH, 28;
KYLE WILKE, 29 development for Black Mountain, her analy-
Cofounders, AeroShield sis of the evolving battery landscape inspired
NAMAN TRIVEDI, 25 the company’s jump into mining. “My num-
Cofounder, WattBuy
ber one hurdle was overcoming impostor
ERICA TSYPIN, 28 syndrome,” says Zumwalt-Forbes (no re-
Cofounder, Steer
lation to the magazine’s founding fam-
WHITNEY WICKES, 29
Cofounder, Rocking WW Minerals ily). “I rarely see another woman in
meetings, let alone one without a
TYLER WITTMAN, 27
Founder, Precision NDT formal mining background, but I
JONATHAN YAN, 29 know I’ve earned my seat at the
Investor, Sparx table.” —Jeremy Bogaisky,
ASHLEY ZUMWALT-FORBES, 29 Elisabeth Brier, Chris Helman
Cofounder, Black Mountain Metals

JUDGES: CAROL BATTERSHELL, ENERGY CONSULTANT; LORD JOHN BROWNE, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, L1 ENERGY;
TIM LATIMER, COFOUNDER, FERVO ENERGY (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2019); EMILY REICHERT, CEO, GREENTOWN LABS.
ASHLEY ZUMWALT-FORBES WEARS A CHRISTIAN SIRIANO BURNOUT DRESS, A SOCIALITE ARMY FAUX FUR COAT AND GABRIEL & CO. GOLD-AND-DIAMOND EAR CLIMBERS.
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