Libby Wayman is a Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, an investor-led fund created to accelerate the transition to clean energy and a decarbonized economy.

Prior to BEV, Libby led the clean technology development at GE where she served as the Global Director of Innovation for GE’s Ecomagination strategy that invested over $10B in clean technology and generated over $200B in revenue. Libby began her career in entrepreneurship and technology development, including research and development in solar at SunPower and Alion Energy, and also established a company that develops and supplies equipment to the dairy cold chain in India. Libby served as the Director of the US Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, where she worked on delivering clean energy manufacturing tax credits (48C), and developing new research programs and institutes for advanced manufacturing and clean energy technologies.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where she co-founded the MIT Energy & Climate Club. Libby currently teaches the Climate & Energy Ventures course at MIT.