Rachel Sheinbein Principal Energy and Materials team CMEA Capital. She is a board member for Solaria, Danotek Motion, and Arcadia Biosciences and an observer for Reel Solar and Contour Energy. Before CMEA, Rachel was a consultant for start-ups in the areas of bio-plastics, solar and water. For 9 years prior, Rachel worked at Intel, in wastewater systems, Environmental Health & Safety, and Supply Chain Strategy. Rachel is the President of the board of Expanding Your Horizons Network, a non-profit that encourages girls in math, science, engineering and technology. In addition, Rachel volunteers in various roles for Astia, the California Clean Tech Open and ImagineH2O. Rachel holds a Chemical Engineering degree with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Rachel was also a sponsored fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she received an MBA and a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a focus on operations and supply chain. You can find Rachel @ CMEA blog & on Twitter: @RachelSheinbein

Video Interview with Julia Hu, CoFounder of Lark. Julia is the CEO and founder of LARK, a mobile and consumer electronics startup out of MIT that helps couples sleep better together. Before LARK, Julia was an entrepreneur dedicated to growing early stage startups in the cleantech and design space. She launched Clean Tech Open’s National Sustainability Program to provide sustainability mentorship, education, judging, partnerships and environmental initiatives to startups across America, and then worked with consumer products social venture D.light Design in China on managing international marketing. Julia received a Masters and Bachelors in Engineering and Design at Stanford, and an MBA candidate from MIT Sloan. You can find Julia on Twitter @ourlark

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