• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Lucia Tian

United States Department of Energy

Chief Strategist, Loan Programs Office, and Senior Advisor to the Chief Commercialization Officer

Lucia Tian serves in dual roles as Senior Advisor to the Department of Energy’s Chief Commercialization Officer, and as Chief Strategist for the Loan Programs Office. She drives strategy, analysis, and private sector engagement to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies, including leading the DOE Pathways to Commercial Liftoff effort (liftoff.energy.gov). Lucia has deep expertise in building and leading strategy & analytics functions across public, private, and non-profit organizations. She served as the first Chief Analytics Officer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), bringing quantitative evidence to critical civil liberties cases, shaping voter engagement, and informing data and AI policies. As part of McKinsey’s Washington D.C. office, she helped build the consultancy’s public sector analytics practice, bringing modern data and analytics capabilities to government functions; while working with public and private sector leaders across defense, transportation, and infrastructure on their most pressing strategic and operational challenges. Lucia holds a dual B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and B.S. in Economics from MIT, and an M.A. in Economics from Harvard.

Sessions With Lucia Tian

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 12:30pm - 01:15pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 05:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 06:15 pm

    Achieving Liftoff: Investing with DOE to Commercialize Clean Energy Technologies

    The U.S. Department of Energy is funding billion-dollar commercialization projects across a range of sectors – from hydrogen to CCUS, clean energy manufacturing to industrial decarbonization – with its new emphasis on infrastructure, enabled by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Join senior DOE leaders in a discussion on how DOE works alongside private investors to deploy large-scale projects, from demonstrations to full-scale production.

Wednesday, 20 March