Maria Casciani

Venture & Growth Investment Associate

2022

Investment Associate

2021 - 2022

Associate on Double Impact Team, focused on the Sustainability vertical

Business Analyst

2019 - 2021

Public Policy Intern

2018 - 2018

• Composed policy memos to support startups’ regulatory strategy development • Performed social media analysis and synthesis for an organization looking to improve PR

Summer Business Analyst

2018 - 2018

• Compared a Northeast utility’s current initiatives to ones at other US utilities • Sized the savings potential of over 50 new initiatives across the Electric & Capital groups • Created a highly-referenced internal document of best practices for utilities to lower OpEx & CapEx • Co-wrote a synthesis of the utility’s current efforts and strategic vision, for the CEO to present to the board

Research Intern

2018 - 2018

• Developed a machine learning model to more precisely estimate the incidence of steam heating of ~1 million buildings in the New York Area, based on public tax and building audit data • Authored an executive report for NYSERDA, documenting the research methodology and findings

Summer Business Analyst

2017 - 2017

• Analyzed sales data to drive the development of a new pricing strategy for a high-growth tech startup • Engaged in problem solving with client and McKinsey leadership to improve the client’s pricing strategy • Selected & bundled key metrics for a performance dashboard & modeled the ROI of growth initiatives

Research & Implementation Intern

2016 - 2016

• Researched the political feasibility of Community Choice Energy, a disruptive energy supply model which allows for more renewables in the electricity mix, to inform the organization’s West Coast political strategy • Consolidated employees’ disparate professional contact systems into a CRM database, doubling the network by adding 4,000 supporters into the system & creating a report to track member payments • Directed & successfully completed the CA Green Business certification process, strengthening CCP’s reputation

Software Engineering Intern

2016 - 2016

• Created a web-app tool in Django enabling Operations to increase order & production data transparency, saving ~$250k annually • Devised software quality assurance practices, which resulted in the creation of a quality assurance position

Youth Advisory Board Member

2013 - 2015

• Founded and organized an annual Green Teen conference, enabling 75-100 local teen activists to share strategies • Served as Youth Advisory Board Member for the Center for Climate Protection: wrote grant proposals, organized events to reduce the carbon footprint of high school students, & spoke at the Spare the Air conference • Led my high school's Eco2School Program, increasing 1,700 students’ car low-carbon transportation by 21%