OUR BOARD
Board of Directors
Eric Chapman
Executive Chairman
Eric is a Managing Principal with SustainVC, an impact investment fund with a focus on investing for profit, while building a sustainable, more equitable and healthier world. Mr. Chapman also brings extensive experience in operations, having previously served as Managing Director of Accenture Strategy and in a variety of other leadership roles at Accenture, following an early career focus on manufacturing operations.
Mark Bernfeld
Director (Representing the Clean Energy Venture Group)
Mark is an experienced entrepreneur and investor representing the Clean Energy Venture Group. Mark founded Tamarack Technologies in 1993 to meet growing needs to conserve energy and improve air quality in homes. He continues to serve on Tamarack’s board as chairman and serves on many other for-profit and nonprofit boards.
Nate Lowbeer-Lewis
Director (Representing Spring Lane Capital)
Nate is a Principal at Spring Lane Capital, an impact investment firm committed to accelerating the deployment of localized assets in climate and sustainability sectors. Prior to joining Spring Lane, he co-founded a new division of CPCS to help public and private sector clients develop infrastructure in emerging markets. He also serves on the board of Andion Group and DevEngine Partners.
Paul Atkinson
Director (Representing Climate Innovation Capital)
Paul is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Climate Innovation Capital, which invests in companies delivering meaningful decarbonization across the economy. Paul also founded Southwest Sun Inc. where he has been a Managing Partner since 1990. He brings extensive experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive, and board member of numerous public and private companies.
Cynthia Figge
Independent Director
Cynthia is the CEO and Co-Founder of CSRHub, a web-based platform that accumulates information on the environmental, social, and governance performance of over 50,000 companies. Early in her career, she served as Plant Manager at Weyerhaeuser, a key operational leader in the startup of an OSB plant, also working in newspaper printing operations.
Timothy Bernlohr
Independent Director
Tim joins CleanFiber with an extraordinary range of board experience, having served on 100+ public and private company boards. He serves as the Chairman of Skyline Champion Homes, one of the nation’s largest modular/prefabricated home builders, and has decades of experience in paper products, insulation, and closely related industries.