Libby Wayman is an investor with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, an investor-led fund created to accelerate the transition to clean energy and a clean economy.  Libby has over 15 years of experience in clean energy and clean technology including multiple startups and executive roles in leading energy companies. 

In previous roles, Libby led clean technology innovation at GE as the Global Director of Ecomagination Innovation, served as the Director of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative at the U.S. Department of Energy, and developed several technologies in the solar industry including at SunPower and Alion Energy. 

Libby started her career in entrepreneurship by co-founding a business that now supplies equipment to the dairy cold chain in India, and holds a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.  While at MIT, Libby co-founded the MIT Energy Club which became a beacon for information sharing and analysis on energy technologies.  Libby now also teaches the Energy & Climate Ventures course at MIT.