Elena Christopoulos is a scientist and sustainability expert with over 20 years of expertise as an Energy and Political Consultant who “walks the talk of sustainability.”

She is the Principal of ECMC and in early 2000; she implemented the first urban wind turbine in North America. Located in downtown Toronto, it took more than 250 homes off the power grid. She also created the first feed-in-tariff program to support this effort. Last year, Elena was named Toronto’s Woman of the Year for her work designing and implementing wind turbines and solar arrays in Canada, Greece, Germany, England, and the US. She travels between the US, Canada, and Europe working on and speaking about diverse alternative energy, clean tech and water conservation projects.

Elena is a strong advocate for women as a mentor, peer, colleague and friend. It is her goal to increase the number of female environmental scientists from 28% to 50% over her lifetime and to continue to develop #STEM programs. She is the President of the UNA-USA Pasadena Chapter and a Commissioner on the Status of Women with the City of Santa Monica.