Johanna is currently Chief Operation Officer at Gradient Geothermal, a geothermal technology and development company focused on heat waste in the oil and gas industry. She has 18 years of experience within the oil and gas industry in a wide variety of engineering, regulatory, policy, and management positions. With a degree in Geological Engineering from Montana Tech, Johanna has brought an intradisciplinary and collaborative approach to every position she has held. With various roles at Noble Energy, SM Energy, and Extraction Oil & Gas, and Clean Air Task Force, Johanna has contributed to every part of the energy development value chain.

 

We have the tools and technology to reduce emissions from energy industry right now. Johanna strongly believes that thermal energy is a wasted (and often ignored) resource and should be utilized to help solve our energy and climate crisis. An equitable and diverse energy future is a something Johanna is passionate about.

 

Johanna currently volunteers her time as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force chair at Geothermal Rising as well as sitting on the Board of Directors of the Energy Leadership Institute.