Bio

Brandon is an Operating Partner of the NGP energy transition funds, and he brings over two decades of experience working in the policy, finance, technology, advocacy, law, politics and media areas of climate change. He joined the firm in 2020. Brandon previously served in the Obama Administration as U.S. Department of Energy Chief of Staff and in the White House as the President’s liaison to the energy and environment cabinet agencies. At the DOE, Brandon oversaw day-to-day operations of a federal agency with a $29 billion budget and a 115,000 person workforce. He served on the investment committee for its $38 billion clean energy fund. After public service, he co-founded Boundary Stone Partners, a climate government affairs firm, and Overture, a climate seed fund. Brandon currently serves on the board of directors to the following organizations: Sparkfund, an energy infrastructure finance platform; Swell Energy, a residential battery storage developer; Orka, a solar finance company; the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate advocacy organization; Clean Energy for America, an organization supporting candidates who champion climate change; and Solutions Project, an environmental justice organization. Brandon earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997.