Jenean Smith is the Director of International Programs for GRID Alternatives. She has worked for Mitsubishi Electric’s solar division and Trojan Battery’s renewable energy division. She founded and ran Power to the People, a non-profit organization that brings solar electricity to rural communities Nicaragua, for six years until it was acquired by GRID Alternatives in 2014. Before working in the renewable energy industry, she worked for the Riecken Foundation in Honduras and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua. She has a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, an MBA from Northeastern University, and a Master's degree in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School of Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Jenean enjoys driving her solar-powered electric car around the Bay Area.
