Dimitry Gershenson co-leads Facebook’s Energy Access (EA) Program, which he helped design, develop, and scale. Prior to Facebook, Dimitry was a researcher and project lead at UC Berkeley, where he worked on market assessment for off‐grid energy in Kenya, financing facility design for microgrids in developing economies, and public-private partnership development for universal electrification in South Sudan. Overall, Dimitry has 7 years of industry and academic experience in energy, finance, and international development. Dimitry holds a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley.
