Sarah Slusser

CEO

Cypress Creek Renewables

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Sarah is the CEO of Cypress Creek Renewables, a solar and storage independent power producer that develops, owns and operates projects across the United States. She is an expert in power markets and an accomplished investor and officer of public and private companies, having led investments of $4 billion across the electric sector.

During her 21 years at AES, she rose to be a senior officer and built and ran the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean division. Prior to her role at AES, Sarah co-founded GeoGlobal Energy, a geothermal company in the US, Chile, and Germany, which was sold to its investor.

Subsequently, she founded Point Reyes Energy Partners, a solar and energy storage advisory and development company, where she provided strategic advice to large companies in the renewable sector. She remains a founding partner of Point Reyes Energy Partners LLC.

Sarah graduated from Harvard University with Honors and received an MBA from Yale School of Management.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of TransAlta, a NYSE-listed company and Canada’s largest investor-owned power producer and wholesale marketer of electricity. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Redwood Foundation, a family foundation promoting education and the environment and OurFood Chain, a non-profit promoting healthy eating.