With graduate degrees in Financial Engineering (Columbia University) and Public/Environmental Policy (University of Michigan)—and significant professional experience in both fields, Moksha brings a diverse skill set to 5 Lakes Energy.  

Her work on energy resilience focuses on identifying community needs and developing technical models and policy proposals to drive solutions that can provide vulnerable community members with access to energy services during long-duration outages. For one such project, she is developing a design guide providing technical guidance on developing resilience hubs in Michigan.  

Moksha’s work on siting policy focuses on identifying community concerns and barriers to renewable energy development and what state and local policies and best practices can help alleviate them.  

Beyond these, she is also leveraging her financial markets experience and accounting knowledge to help the team with utility finance projects.  

Before joining 5 Lakes Energy, she has extensive experience working on state-level renewable energy siting policy. She has compared and contrasted how different states approach utility-scale wind and solar siting and how legislative makeup can impact siting reform outcomes. While at the University of Michigan, she worked at the Center for EmPowering Communities, analyzing local zoning ordinances across Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and developed a guidebook to expand this research into a DOE-funded, Midwest-wide renewable energy policy database. She also served as a Policy Fellow in the Executive Office of the Governor (2022), identifying barriers and solutions to MI Healthy Climate Plan implementation. Before transitioning to climate and energy policy, she has seven years of experience working in financial markets and health equity projects. 

Outside 5 Lakes Energy, Moksha continues to support equitable decarbonization by serving on the Board of the Green Energy Justice Cooperative. She lives in Chicago, and you can often find her walking around her neighborhood, volunteering at local non-profits, or in a dance class on weekends.