Vice President for Supply Chain Development
Business Network for Offshore Wind
Ross is the Network’s vice president for Supply Chain Development. He joined the Business Network in 2020 and oversees the Network’s growth and evolution of the offshore wind supply chain as well as the offshore wind industry’s workforce development. He is responsible for designing, developing, and coordinating the Network’s Northeast Corridor strategy and planning, policy and regulatory engagement, programs, projects, research, events, and activities.
Ross has experience in private, public, and non-profit sectors. Before following his passion for energy, Ross spent almost 10 years as an attorney. During the latter half of that time, he spent more time reading news stories, journal articles and books about energy than focusing on his legal work. In 2007, Ross attended an evening continuing education class at NYU that focused on the use of natural resources and energy. From this moment, Ross was hooked on the energy sector.
In 2010, Ross became the Air & Energy Program Director at Environmental Advocates of NY working on clean energy jobs, energy efficiency, renewable energy, state energy planning, siting of electricity generation and global warming. In 2015, Ross joined Workforce Development Institute. At WDI Ross focused on growing the workforce and supply chain of the offshore wind industry. Ross is a thought leader, authoring or co-authoring several papers including “New York State and the Jobs of Offshore Wind Energy.” He also has written numerous articles and blog posts about the renewable energy industry and he has spoken on the topics of workforce and supply chain at a number of offshore wind and renewable energy conferences.
Ross has a J.D. from the Maurice A. Deane Law School at Hofstra University and a B.A. from Emory University where he majored in psychology.
Ross lives in Hudson Valley, New York with his partner Allison and two daughters Gia and Sada. He enjoys cooking farm fresh local food and taking hikes in the Catskill Mountains. While Ross cannot play any musical instrument, he enjoys listening to live free spirited music that makes your shoulders move. Most of all he loves spending time with his family and being a dad.
