Sara Jayanthi is the Diploma Developer for the Advanced Diploma for Clean Energy and teaches the course Clean Energy Capstone: Putting Knowledge to Practice. She has 10 years of experience working in the clean energy industry in the Northeast. When not teaching, Sara works for as the Marketing Manager for PowerBridgeNY, a proof-of-concept center that commercializes cleantech emerging from academic research labs in New York City and Long Island. Previously, Sara worked for the Northeast Clean Energy Council, leading their efforts to grow the cleantech innovation sector in New York State. Prior to NECEC, Sara Jayanthi worked as NYSERDA outreach consultant at Solar One, where she helped New York City companies and property owners understand and apply for NYSERDA’s incentive programs. At Solar One, she also the founded and led Clean Energy Connections, an initiative in collaboration with NYC ACRE at NYU-Poly to foster NYC’s cleantech sector. Prior to Solar One, Sara worked at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) in the Renewable Energy Generation Division, where she administered grant programs that sparked the development of renewable energy technologies, green schools, and green affordable housing.