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Throughout his career Jon Sohn has served as a trusted advisor and advocate on climate change, clean energy investment and sustainability policy. Jon is currently the Director of Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs for Capital Power a North American independent power producer. Capital Power has a 7,000mw portfolio of clean and renewable energy facilities in North America. At Capital Power, Jon leads the Washington, DC office and presence for this Edmonton, Alberta-based company. This work includes Congressional, Executive Branch and stakeholder engagement, while directing U.S. public policy strategies for clean energy investment, including corporate efforts to achieve a Net Zero emissions goal. Jon also works closely with the Business Development team, entrenched in state and local government engagement to advance solar, wind and natural gas opportunities across the United States.
Previously, Jon has worked on domestic and international environmental and social risks and opportunities in both policy and specific infrastructure projects for the US Government, private sector and non-profit organizations. These varied experiences include Vice President for Market Development at Climate Change Capital, LLC investment banking group, Counsel at Dentons Law Firm advising energy clients, public and private financial institution engagement at the World Resources Institute and Friends of the Earth-US, and as Environment & Labor Counsel for the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (now U.S. International Development Finance Corporation) during the Clinton Administration. At DFC, Jon was responsible for development and implementation of the first Environmental & Social Investment Policy of any international bilateral finance agency. President Bill Clinton announced these groundbreaking policy commitments as part of his 1997 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) pledge to strengthen environmental standards for bilateral lending agencies including standards to conserve tropical forests and conduct greenhouse gas emissions accounting.
Jon currently serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Energy and is a Non-Resident Fellow at Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines.
Jon lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife Devorah, son Jordan and their three dogs.
