Sierra Energy Reimagined (SERi)

Jan Maes is the Executive Director of Sierra Energy Reimagined(SERi), a community-based organization (nonprofit) established in early 2024 in Nevada County. SERi is working to accelerate the transition to clean energy and a sustainable future in the Sierra Foothills, and focuses on greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use in buildings and homes. SERi’s Home Energy Wise program (consisting of workshops, home visits, and a monthly energy coach presence in the library) helps homeowners and renters understand their energy use, make a plan to reduce it, and provide information about financial incentives to accomplish it. Learm more at Sierra Energy Reimagined (SERi)

Jan holds a master’s degree in agricultural economics from KU Leuven in Belgium and a master’s in international management from the University of Denver. Before moving to Grass Valley and taking on his new role at Sierra Energy Reimagined, Jan spent most of his career as a consultant in international development programs focusing on sustainable livelihoods, microfinance and women’s economic empowerment, in Africa and Asia. He also once worked in an agricultural research station in Thailand, a microbrewery in Denver, and a biotech upstart in Boulder.