Nicole Systrom

Nicole Systrom has spent her entire career partnering with investors, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists to accelerate high-impact climate and clean technology solutions. As Chief Impact Officer and member of the founding team at Galvanize, she helped the firm develop the interdisciplinary impact management approach embedded in each of its strategies today.

Prior to Galvanize, Nicole founded Sutro Energy Group to counsel impact investors, philanthropists, and nonprofits on how to direct mission-oriented resources toward innovative clean technologies. With an extensive background in environmental science and a passion for helping entrepreneurs scale breakthrough technologies, Nicole was frequently tapped by nonprofits, foundations and family offices for her counsel on their climate-positive programs. She is a published thought leader on climate innovation, on topics ranging from identifying gaps in the clean tech ecosystem, to building philanthropic tools for investing in climate solutions, to enabling better state energy policy.

Nicole holds a BS in Earth Systems from Stanford University and an MBA/MS in Environment and Resources from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She serves on multiple climate related governing boards and advisory groups, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.