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Jessica Bailey co-founded Greenworks Lending, LLC (GWL) in 2015 with the goal of accelerating Property Assessed Clean Energy-financed clean energy projects throughout the United States.  Greenworks was acquired by Nuveen in 2021 and rebranded as Nuveen Green Capital in 2022.

Prior to GWL, Bailey was with the Connecticut Green Bank as the Director of Commercial and Industrial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE), where she joined in 2012 and designed an award-winning state-wide PACE program that allows building owners to access financing to perform clean energy improvements on their properties.

Bailey worked from 2004-2012 at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), an $800 million foundation based in New York.  As the Fund’s program officer for sustainable development, she co-managed a portfolio of grants focused on combating climate change and promoting clean energy.  Prior to joining the RBF, Jessica spent time working at the United Nations, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and on a research project in Ecuador.

She was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneurial Winning Woman in 2019, a prestigious award affiliated with EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Connecticut Magazine named her “40 Under 40” in 2019.  She was named a “Champion of Change” by the White House for solar deployment in 2014.  The Hartford Business Journal dubbed her a “Green Warrior” for her work to design the successful Connecticut C-PACE program.  She sits on the boards of PACENow, the leading industry association and advocacy organization for PACE, the CT League of Conservation Voters and Connecticut Innovations.  She received her graduate degree from Yale University and undergraduate from the University of Notre Dame.  She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children.

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