David Pomerantz

Executive Director

David Pomerantz is the executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute.

Prior to joining EPI, David spent eight years working with Greenpeace to move the electric sector away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. As a senior climate and energy campaigner, David coordinated Greenpeace’s “Click Clean” campaign for a greener internet. The campaign resulted in major internet technology companies, including Apple and Amazon, committing to power their data centers with 100% renewable energy. 

In addition, David designed and implemented the communications strategy for Greenpeace’s work on electricity, helped lead Greenpeace’s work on coal-related issues in 2010 and 2011, and worked with communities in Ohio and New England in 2008 and 2009 to push members of Congress to support climate change and toxic chemical legislation.

He previously worked as a reporter for newspapers in Boston and New York City. David lives on Coast Miwok land in the San Francisco Bay Area.