Doreen M. Harris was appointed President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on April 7, 2021, after serving as Acting President and CEO since June 2020.
President Harris leads NYSERDAā€™s role to advance policy frameworks, clean energy technologies, and solutions that are driving statewide economic development while creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying clean-energy jobs and building an equitable economy.
Under her direction, NYSERDA is making significant progress in advancing infrastructure and innovation, large-scale and distributed renewables, building decarbonization, advanced nuclear, energy storage, transportation electrification, clean fuels, transmission, and resiliency.
Prior to public service, President Harris spent more than a decade in the private sector, serving in management and engineering roles. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and a Master of Business Administration from the University at Albany, State University of New York.