As a Distinguished Industry Fellow at the Irving Institute for Energy & Society, Giulia Siccardo '12 plays a critical role in advancing the Institute's research and translation, teaching and learning, and engagement agenda. Her interdisciplinary expertise and cross-sectoral leadership experience support the Irving Institute's efforts to promote entrepreneurship, engage industry, and forge lasting partnerships.
Siccardo is an experienced professional in the energy, automotive, and sustainability sectors. As the former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains (MESC), she was responsible for awarding tens of billions of dollars in government investments to strengthen and secure U.S. manufacturing capacity and workforce development, as well as administering the Defense Production Act for critical energy technologies. Her scope included batteries, hydrogen, heat pumps, solar, transmission, and zero-emission materials, among other technologies. Siccardo helped launch the Mapping, Modeling, and Analysis Consortium (MMAC), a partnership between MESC and DOE's National Labs to further strategic energy supply chain analysis for DOE, the National Security Council, and other interagency and allied partner organizations.
Siccardo was previously a Partner at McKinsey & Company, leading McKinsey's Green Growth work. For over a decade there, she focused on scaling low-carbon systems and value chains across major corporations and emerging start-ups, covering zero-emissions energy, vehicles, and materials. In addition to her scale-up work, Siccardo fostered new ways for corporations to work together to signal demand for emerging clean energy technology. While with McKinsey, she co-founded Frontier, a $1B+ advance market commitment by industry-leading corporations to catalyze high-permanence carbon dioxide removals.
Siccardo previously worked at Adobe on clean energy procurement and data center decarbonization. Throughout her career, she's been recognized for her leadership in advancing women in the energy, automotive & sustainability sectors.
Born in California, Siccardo holds a dual B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.