President & CEO, Native
Jeff Bernicke, President & CEO of Native, a Public Benefit Corp, has built and led teams focused on development,, financing, and operating renewable energy, carbon, and impact investment programs over the last 25 years. At Native, Jeff has driven an expansion of Native’s Help-build program to enable corporate clients to participate in the catalytic financing of renewable, carbon emission reduction, clean water, and ecosystem services projects. Most recently, Native has successfully developed and validated two of the first landscape-level soil carbon grasslands projects.
Before Native, Jeff led the portfolio development and strategy for Greenhouse Gas Services (a joint venture between General Electric and AES Corp) and was a senior member of the executive team for DTE Energy Resources where he developed a strong background in energy and environmental markets and project structures. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bernicke advised companies in the cleantech sector and worked as a strategy consultant to large corporations across several industry sectors. Jeff holds an M.B.A. with high distinction and an M.S. in resource ecology from the University of Michigan and B.S. degrees in business and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
