Kate McGinnis is the Western US Market Director for AES Energy Storage. She leads business development and sales in the region for the AES Advancion® platform.  Prior to joining AES, she led development of stationary storage projects co-located with oil & gas infrastructure globally at Chevron. While there, she was also involved with renewable projects including geothermal, solar thermal and wind. Kate is treasurer and a board member of the California Energy Storage Association and on the steering committee for Energy Access SF. She holds a BS in Environmental Science from George Washington University and an MBA from Cornell.