Laura Zapata
Laura Zapata is a co-founder of Clearloop Corporation, a Nashville-based startup that helps companies offset their carbon footprint and expand access to clean energy in the United States. Laura made a career in crisis communications and reputation management—mostly as a happy accident—having worked in Congress, political campaigns, and Uber. She’s now applying that reputational lens to helping companies invest in new solar projects to accelerate the greening of grid in her own backyard-- starting with the communities in the U.S. who are getting left behind without access to clean energy. Laura immigrated from Colombia with her family and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. Laura graduated from Dartmouth College.