Stanford Climate Ventures Teaching Team

Teaching Team

We act as what Jane describes as lifeguards; opening climate-specific networks and making sure everyone can swim, but mainly getting out of the way.

Adjunct Professors

Dave Danielson

Dave Danielson

•Managing Director, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
•Former US Assistant Secretary (DOE)
•Founding Program Director, ARPA-E.

David McColl

David McColl

•Executive Director, Stanford Climate Ventures
•Partner, Echelon
•Stanford MS&E and ESE.

Jane Woodward

Jane Woodward

•Founder of Stanford's "Understand Energy" course
•Managing Partner of WovenEarth Ventures
•Founding Partner of MAP Energy.

Joel Moxley

Joel Moxley

•ChemE PhD & Founder
•Partner, Echelon
•Venture Partner, Breakthrough Energy.

Teaching Assistants

Ben Swanson

Ben Swanson

Ben Mucsi

Ben Mucsi

Project Mentors

Jessy Rivest

Jessy Rivest

•Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures
•Focused on climate tech and hard science investments.

Mayank Girdhar

Mayank Girdhar

•Managing Director at Alphabet's X, the Moonshot Factory
•Leading climate and deeptech moonshot building.

Brock Mansfield

Brock Mansfield

•Managing Partner at Meliorate Partners
•Specializing in climate tech and sustainable investments.

SCV is dedicated to the spirit and memory of our friend and fellow Climate-tech entrepreneur.

Boryana Straubel

Boryana Straubel