Lori Collins is a climate finance leader focused on accelerating private investment in climate solutions. She brings cross-sector experience with prior leadership roles at LendingTree, Bank of America, and Fidelity Investments as well as more than 15 years in the energy sector.
Lori is Founder of Collins Climate Consulting, where she works with investors, energy companies, nonprofits, and governments to build commercial pathways for climate adaptation and resilience. She operationalized and helps lead the Global Adaptation and Resilience Investment (GARI) Group, a global nonprofit catalyzing investment in climate resilience, in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund, ClimateWorks and the World Bank among others. She was lead author of GARI’s 2024 flagship report, The Unavoidable Opportunity, which highlights the growing investment case for climate resilience.
Previously, Lori launched the Joules Accelerator in Charlotte, establishing it as one of the earliest clean technology accelerators in the U.S. and now the largest in the Southeast supporting high-impact climate startups.
Lori served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board and the boards of the Southeastern Wind Coalition, TreesCharlotte, the Carolinas chapter of the International Women’s Forum (IWF). She holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Edinburgh, and Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is currently an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.