About Chicago Climate Connect

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Born and raised around the Great Lakes, Mackenzie has proudly called  Chicago home since 2013. With over a decade of experience in software  product management, she has successfully built and scaled solutions  across the product landscape. Dedicated to shaping a more connected,  equitable, and climate-resilient future, Mackenzie currently serves as  the Head of Product at Cloverly, a digital platform empowering  businesses to scale their climate action.

Matt is an attorney who recently started his first "climate job."  Currently, he is a Fellow in the Distributed Energy Resources department  at the consulting firm, Energy Solutions. At Energy Solutions, he currently heads the Consumer Protection team working on Illinois Shines,  the statewide incentive program for residential and community solar.  Matt and his team work to ensure solar companies working in the  incentive program follow strict consumer protection guidelines and are  held accountable when they violate those guidelines. Prior to Energy  Solutions, Matt spent over 13 years serving as Counsel to several  court-appointed monitors investigating unlawful political discrimination  in various Cook County governmental agencies. He began his legal career  as an environmental and commercial litigator at Latham & Watkins  LLP. Over his career, Matt has been active in refugee and asylum law,  successfully assisting several clients gain asylum and being recognized  as one of Chicago Magazine's 2017 Chicagoans of the Year for his role in  responding to the Trump Administration's travel ban against citizens of  certain Muslim-majority countries. Matt is an avid University of  Michigan fan (Law '05) and lives in the Edgewater neighborhood in  Chicago with his wife (Amy) and two boys (August and Eli).