Billy Parish

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Billy Parish
Born (1981-09-11) September 11, 1981 (age 40)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • environmental entrepreneur
  • author
  • activist

Billy Parish (born September 11, 1981) is an American environmental entrepreneur, author, and activist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mosaic Inc., the largest residential solar lender in the U.S.[1] Mosaic recently received a $220 million equity investment from private-equity firm Warburg Pincus[2] and was named one of the 10 most innovative companies in energy by Fast Company in 2013 [3] and 2014.[3]

Early life[]

Parish grew up in Manhattan, New York City. His father, a lawyer, specialized in finance for electronic utilities. His mother, also a lawyer met his father whilst working on a securitization deal. [4]He spent a semester of high school at The Mountain School in Vermont, where he was turned on to working for the environment.[5] In July 2005 he led a three-day fast in front of the White House to draw attention to the 150,000 deaths caused each year by climate change.[6] He designed his own major in sustainable economic developments at Yale University. [4] However, in 2002, he dropped out of Yale University to help found the Energy Action Coalition, eventually renamed the Powershift Network.

In March 2009, the Energy Action Coalition organized Power Shift '09, which brought over 12,000 young people to Washington D.C. for the largest climate-focused training, lobby day and non-violent civil disobedience action in U.S. history. 1Sky states Parish is on the Board of Directors.[7]

Career[]

Billy played a leading role in creating the Clean Energy Corps proposal to create 5 million new green jobs in the U.S.,[8] which was incorporated into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009. He also helped to expand the AmeriCorps public service program to include a new “Clean Energy Service Corps”.

Parish is the CEO of the Oakland, California based solar finance company Mosaic Inc.. He founded the company in 2010, [9] with the idea that crowdfunding could affect a shift to green energy.[10]

Personal life[]

Billy lives in Oakland, California with his wife and two daughters.

Awards and honors[]

Writings[]

  • Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money & Community in a Changing World

References[]

  1. ^ Litvak, Nicole. "U.S. Residential Solar Financing 2016-2021". Greentech Media. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Chernova, Yuliya. "Warburg Pincus Leads $220 Million Round for Solar Lender Mosaic". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Most Innovative Companies of 2013 by Sector". Fast Company. Fast Company. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Cardwell, Diane (September 2, 2013). "A Bet on the Environment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sprig.com Interview". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009.
  6. ^ Rolling Stone, November 3, 2005
  7. ^ "Board of directors". 1sky.org. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008.
  8. ^ Kamenetz, Anya. "Climate Change Power Shift". The Nation. The Nation.
  9. ^ Ross, Alice (November 9, 2020). "Green entrepreneurs look to make money and a difference". Financial Times. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Meet the New Green Heroes". Rolling Stone. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  11. ^ Vision Award | Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Middlebury.edu (2015-08-13). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  12. ^ Cohan, Ellen (March 3, 2015). "Billy Parish". Climate One. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  13. ^ "New Leaders Initiative 2004 Award Winners" Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Earth Island Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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