Simon Key

Simon Key has just finished a two-year U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Innovation Fellowship with the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga where he provided greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, strategic research, stakeholder engagement, program design, policy and cost benefit analysis services to both the utility and its customers. Prior to this role, Simon served as an environmental consultant to Xocolatl Small Batch Chocolate in Atlanta, where he conducted a life cycle assessment which was used by the organization to attain third-party climate neutral certification. This project built on Simon’s graduate studies at Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy from which he received an M.S. in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management in 2021.

With eight years of experience as a product manager in sustainable foods, Simon is adept at project management and business analytics. He also draws on over five years of experience as a research consultant to the Financial Times of London where he specialized in corporate governance. Simon has worked on two statewide political campaigns in Georgia and holds a BA in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.