Wendolyn Holland

Wendolyn Holland is Director of Holland Consulting, LLC, which assists firms in the advanced and renewable energy industry achieve their business goals and cross the commercialization valley of death, as well as interface with federal and state agencies.

She served as Senior Advisor for Commercialization in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy from 2008 through 2011. The position fostered national lab stewardship and was designed to carry these ideals from the Bush into the Obama Administrations.

Holland served in 2012 as Director for Strategic Development and Technical Partnerships at Savannah River National Lab, which serves DOE’s Office of Environmental Management. Prior to federal service, she worked with clean energy and water start-up firms as either an owner or consultant. She responded to the terrorist attacks of 2001 by joining Global Options, a Washington, D.C. security, investigations, and counter-terrorism start-up, later serving as Vice President.

Holland received her MBA in Finance and Strategy from Kellogg School of Management in 2001 and her BA in History and Studies in the Environment from Yale in 1991.