Kirsten Andrews-Schwind (she/her) oversees community stakeholder relations, outreach, grants, sponsorships, and needs assessments. She especially focuses on working with under-resourced and vulnerable communities. Kirsten also staffs Peninsula Clean Energy’s Citizens Advisory Committee.

As a resident of Pacifica, Kirsten served on Peninsula Clean Energy’s formation committee before the agency launched in 2016. She came on staff in 2017 to manage community outreach for the initial major customer enrollment. Kirsten co-founded and directed a nonprofit think tank advocating for climate resilience and community choice energy in 2005. She authored community resilience toolkits used by grassroots groups and policymakers in 30 countries in three languages. She also launched a Bay Area coalition of grassroots organizations working for social equity in resilience policy. Kirsten holds a BA in Economics and an MS in Natural Resources Management, and speaks Spanish.