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Jenny Oorbeck

Director, Fresh Coast Climate Solutions

Jenny Oorbeck is Co-founder and Director of Fresh Coast Climate Solutions. Prior to launching this start-up with business partner Joshua Brugeman, Jenny successfully launched and established sustainability business lines for global businesses while serving as Sustainability General Manager at NSF International and Executive Director at SCS Consulting Services.

Jenny’s 20+ year environmental career has encompassed creating cutting-edge sustainability programs for a wide range of clients including startups to fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations. ​

She has led teams of sustainability professionals for more than a decade and prides herself on creating and leading thriving teams and work environments where team members feel integral to both the business they are conducting and the change they are implementing in the world. She is an entrepreneur both at work and at home, where she has started up her own regenerative hobby farm on 12 acres in 2020.

Jenny holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Mills College and a master’s degree in environmental policy from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Cascade Energy acquires Yield Energy, leading provider of energy flexibility technology for agriculture

The acquisition adds a 200 MW agricultural demand flexibility portfolio and an automated DERMS platform. Together, Cascade and Yield are scaling demand flexibility, starting with the farm and extending across industrial and commercial operations.