Jean Nelson-Houpert is responsible for Volt Energy Utility's financial and operational growth. She provides guidance and counsel on all matters relating to operations, strategic business planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Jean has over twenty-five years of experience in finance and public and corporate accounting. She spent three years as the inaugural Chief Financial Officer and interim CEO at the DC Green Bank. Jean directed the bank's accounting and financing functions, lending over $30 million for green energy projects in the District of Columbia. She received her BBA in Finance, graduating cum laude from the Temple University Fox School of Business, and acquired a Master of Jurisprudence in Labor and Employment from Tulane University.  

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She also holds a certification from Columbia Business School in ESG Investing. Jean provides volunteer financial counsel to the Sharing the Power Foundation and resides in Virginia with her husband and daughter.