Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Ben Rogers

Ben Rogers

Chief Development Officer, Electrada

Ben has been the chief development officer of Electrada since February 2021, a Cincinnati-based fleet electrification and infrastructure company, which is backed by Blackrock and has key partnerships with vehicle OEMs, utilities and fleet management companies. He is the vice chairman of Joules Accelerator, based in Charlotte N.C. Joules is a non-profit, regional clean energy accelerator started in 2013. Ben is also on the board of trustees of The Nature Conservancy, New Jersey chapter.  

Previously, Ben was a senior advisor for Duke Energy, venture partner at Braemar Energy Ventures (based in New York City), chief commercial officer for Aquilon Energy, and co-founder and former senior advisor to Broadscale Group. Also, he was with Goldman Sachs Global Natural Resources Group within the investment banking division, worked for several years at Cinergy Corp., now part of Duke Energy, and worked at Enron Corp. in Houston.