Dawn Lippert

Dawn serves as Founding Partner of Earthshot Ventures, a $60 million venture fund spun out of Elemental in 2021. At Emerson Collective, the investment and philanthropic platform led by Laurene Powell Jobs, Dawn is Director of Innovation and Community and advises on climate work and investing.

In 2020, Dawn received the UN Global Climate Action Award, recognizing her contribution for “Pioneering a New Funding Model for Climate Tech”. She is a board member of Climate Real Impact Solutions II, a climate-focused special-purpose acquisition company. Dawn was named a Grist 50 Fixer in 2019, served as a 2015 Omidyar Fellow, and was honored with the 2015 C3E Award from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Clean Energy Ministerial. She is passionate about inclusion in technology, and in 2010 founded the non-profit organization WiRE (Women in Renewable Energy).

Dawn was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton’s alternative energy practice in Washington DC. She also worked on energy and environmental projects in communities around the world, including Africa, India, and Latin America. Dawn graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in environmental studies, and received her Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management. A favorite quote comes from her love for sailing: “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

You can find her playing with her husband and young daughter, on the soccer field, and enjoying the ocean.