• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Cathy Zoi

EVgo

Chief Executive Officer

Cathy Zoi, Chief Executive Officer, EVgo, is a distinguished executive with decades of experience in the clean energy, investing, and policy worlds. She is committed to working closely with automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and new mobility partners, utilities, as well as other industry stakeholders to deliver a first-in-class charging experience and fast-charging network for electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the United States and around the world. Ms. Zoi has held several senior executive positions in the energy industry, government, academia and non-profit sectors. Most recently, she was President and Co-Founder of Odyssey Energy, a distributed generation software company she continues to chair. Ms. Zoi was founding Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Power, a rural electrification company incubated by SunEdison. She served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary and Acting Under Secretary at the Department of Energy, where she oversaw more than $30 billion in energy investments. Ms. Zoi was also the founding Chief Executive Officer of both the Alliance for Climate Protection, established and chaired by former US Vice President Al Gore and the Sustainable Energy Development Authority, a $50 million fund to commercialize clean energy technologies in Australia. In the private sector, she has been an energy investor at Silver Lake and Bayard Capital, a Board Member for Ice Energy, SES, and Pacific Solar, and a Management Consultant at ICF and Next Energy. In the early 1990s, Ms. Zoi was Chief of Staff for Environmental Policy in the Clinton White House and she pioneered the Energy Star program while at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She is also an adjunct professor and Precourt Energy Scholar at Stanford University, where she has been teaching and doing research since 2012. Ms. Zoi holds a BS from Duke University and an MS from Dartmouth.

Sessions With Cathy Zoi

Wednesday, 13 March

  • 09:00am - 10:00am (CST) / -

    EV Charging: Business Models and Players of the Future

    Panel Transportation/Mobility

    The emergence of EVs and the different charging modes represent a behavioral shift for consumers. Providing the right specification of infrastructure, in the right location, brought to market at the right time, will be critical for market participants to thrive in the new EV ecosystem. Will the majority of EV drivers charge at home at night instead of during the day? How will charging be handled for vehicle fleets? What are the implications for power systems, policies and economics?

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    The Future of EV Adoption, Investment & Innovation

    Panel Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics Transportation/Mobility

    This session will tackle the challenges facing the providers of power to the EV charging infrastructure. How are utilities preparing for the increase in demand and the shifts in time of day charging? What new infrastructure will be necessary to accommodate additional EV charging?