Stacy Swann is the founder of Resilient Earth Capital, an angel investor group supporting, coaching, and investing in climate-related start-up businesses. She has more than twenty-five years’ experience in project finance, investment, climate change and climate investments, and sustainability.

Previously, Swann was the former CEO and Founding Partner of Climate Finance Advisors, an advisory firm working with impact investors, financial institutions, corporations, and policymakers on issues at the nexus of investment and climate change. She led the firm for seven years, from its establishment through a successful acquisition.

During the course of her career, Swann has held senior and executive positions with the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation, as well as with the US Department of Treasury, Enron Corporation, and other organizations. Key experience through her career includes project finance and transaction structuring, blended finance, impact investment, fund management, as well as advising on financial policy and regulation that underpin and accelerate net-zero, climate-resilient investment. She continues to advise investors on climate-related investments, and serves on several Boards, including the Montgomery County Green Bank, Winrock International, and the Green Guarantee Company. In addition, she is an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Management at American University's Kogod School of Business.

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