He currently works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a Product Manager for internal business software systems, and he was previously a Nuclear Safety Engineer, where he performed risk assessments, and a Business Development Analyst, where he carried out market research and techno-economic analysis. Outside of his day job, he runs The Impact and Innovate Climate - both are newsletters covering startups in the climate space.
Zeina Fayyaz Kim is a Partner with CCS and co-founder of the Diamond List, an annual list of underrated climate startups built on nominations from top-tier climate investors.
Zeina works as Head of Strategy at The Plant, an NYC-based real estate development company that specializes in transformative, adaptive-reuse projects. The Plant's flagship development will see a former coal-fired power plant on the Hudson River restored and revitalized as a global home for climate solutions. Previously, Zeina drove fundraising and M&A at an edtech company, made grants and impact investments, and ran a couple accelerators.