Carol Battershell

independent director on corporate boards

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Carol Battershell serves as an independent director, a consultant, and an advisory board member. She is currently an Independent Director for BluEarth, a private renewables developer and operator, and Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company. She also serves on the advisory board for the Energy Policy Institute, as a Distinguished Associate for the Energy Futures Initiative, and as an Advisor for women-in-energy organization ALLY. In addition, she has an energy consulting company, Battersea Energy LLC.

In her ten years with the U.S. Department of Energy (2008–2018), Battershell led multi-billion-dollar technical programs; ran the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy field operations office, which at its peak was responsible for approximately $7 billion of grants, research, and construction; and was a key contributor to two multi-agency energy policy reviews. Her last roles at the Department were Principal Deputy Director and Acting Director in the Office of Policy.

Prior to the Department, Battershell worked for 25 years in the energy industry for BP. During her tenure, she worked in a variety of locations in the United States and spent ten years living and working in Europe. In her career at BP, she held roles in operations management, strategy development, financial management, and policy development. She began her career as a refinery environmental engineer in Ohio. Her last role at BP was in London as Vice President, Policy and Strategy, for BP Alternative Energy, where she was instrumental in developing the business case for an $8 billion investment to launch that new division.

Additional positions during her career include Arotech Corporation Board Member, member of the California Fuel Cell Board, and member of the European Union Hydrogen Initiative Advisory Council; and she was appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy Freedom Car and Fuel Partnership Advisory Board.

Battershell holds a BS in Engineering from Purdue University with a specialization in Environmental Engineering and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.