YPE New York City

Bobby Simpson is co-founder and partner of Harbinger Land, a services company primarily focused on land research and acquisitions for natural gas development. He has nine years experience as a landman and manager across projects in Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Colorado. He acquired his undergraduate degree at Oklahoma State University in 2006 and his Masters from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business in 2012.

Shruti Nayar is an Analyst at GoldenSet Capital Partners. At GoldenSet, she supports the investment team in the underwriting of new investments and the monitoring of the existing portfolio. In addition, Ms. Nayar supports GoldenSet’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives as well as the firm’s commitments as a Signatory of the Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI).

Prior to joining GoldenSet, Ms. Nayar was the Director of Asset Management at Green Street Power Partners, a solar project developer and financier. While at Green Street, Ms. Nayar was responsible for overseeing the performance of the company’s portfolio, investor reporting, and maintaining the company’s financial models.

Ms. Nayar acquired her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester, where she dual-majored in Economics and Environmental Studies, and researched under faculty members of the University Council on Sustainability. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Energy Finance from NYU.

Savannah Goodman leads the modeling & simulation team at Blueprint Power, a company that unlocks new revenue for real-estate owners by transforming their buildings into energy market connected power plants. Since joining in the summer of 2018, Savannah has architected and managed the development of machine learning and optimization models that enable autonomous operation of DERs for market participation. From her previous experience at companies including Tesla, NRG, Off Grid Electric, and SDG&E, Savannah has developed an expertise in global energy storage and DER applications. She has a particular knack for modeling operational strategies for DERs and their associated economic value streams. Savannah received a BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Civil Engineering with minors in Electrical Engineering and Technology Management. She received an MS from Stanford University in Civil Engineering with a focus in renewable energy optimization.

Jiin (Jinny) Park is a Project Manager and Business Analyst at American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and is responsible for managing technology-based projects that support the business needs at the Institute. Prior to joining ANSI in 2017, Jinny was a Program Manager at Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), where she developed and implemented CO2 budget trading programs. She served as YPE NYC president from 2017 to 2019. Jinny holds a M.A. focused in environmental education from NYU and a B.S in biology from the University of Oregon.

Jason Kaplan is the General Counsel and Director of Operations at PowerMarket, a software solutions business serving utilities, developers, and other stakeholders and providing a turn-key solution for the management and administration of their community solar projects. Previously, Jason was the General Counsel and Head of Policy at United Wind, where he led all legal matters related to United Wind’s distributed wind energy business including corporate governance and finance, project finance and development, residential and customer lease agreements, and turbine supply and vendor agreements. In his role as Head of Policy, Jason developed policy strategy and engaged stakeholders at the federal, state, municipal, and electric cooperative levels. He is an avid home cook and loves to hike. Jason graduated from Vermont Law School, cum laude with a joint degree in law and masters in environmental law and policy, and Colgate University, cum laude B.A. Geology.