As VP of Human Resources, Lizette oversees personnel matters including recruiting, compensation and benefits, performance management and helping to shape our corporate culture.
Lizette has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry, including in energy procurement, and contract and project management.
Prior to esVolta, Lizette was a Senior Energy Contracts/Trading Specialist at Southern California Edison, one of the country’s largest investor-owned utilities and a leading procurer of renewable generation and energy storage. At SCE, she originated and negotiated innovative structured transactions and power purchase agreements for various energy products including renewable and alternative energy, conventional power, capacity and resource adequacy, energy storage, greenhouse gas emissions products, transmission, and natural gas. In a prior role, Lizette managed a complex portfolio of 50+ renewable power, conventional power, combined heat and power, and broker agreements totaling over 3 GWs. Prior to that, she was responsible for SCE’s annual regulatory cost recovery proceedings, contributing to approximately $4 billion dollars in procurement costs each year.
Lizette holds a degree in Business from the University of Southern California.