Spencer Nelson is the Interim Executive Director for the Blue Horizons Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to enabling climate progress by building a broad consensus around unleashing affordable clean energy, investing in innovation, and reimagining U.S. competitiveness and energy security. In this role, he leads the foundation’s abundance and innovation efforts.
Spencer previously served as the Director of Federal Affairs at Form Energy, where he spearheaded policy strategy to commercialize multi-day iron-air batteries. Before joining the private sector, he led research and new initiatives for the clean energy advocacy group ClearPath.
Prior to ClearPath, Spencer served as a Senior Professional Staff Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. During this time, he was a primary architect of the Energy Act of 2020, the most significant piece of bipartisan energy legislation in over a decade. Spencer holds a B.S. in Environmental Science and Quantitative Biology from UNC Chapel Hill and an MPP from George Washington University.