Industry Veteran Brings Operational Expertise to Lead Energy Efficiency and Waste Prevention Programs Nationwide
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–C+C today announced that Mark Handy has joined the purpose-driven agency as Executive Vice President, Utility Solutions. Handy joined C+C from DNV, where he served as the Head of Section, Clean Energy Program, leading the team’s work on PSE&G’s Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program.
“C+C’s Utility Solutions team delivers a client-first approach to our utility industry clients, helping them execute their energy efficiency, waste prevention, and decarbonization programs,” said Bryan Cohen, Partner, C+C. “Over the past two years, we have realized significant growth in our Utility Solutions work, expanding into New England and Puerto Rico. Mark’s operational expertise will be instrumental in sustainably growing our work into the future.”
C+C’s Utility Solutions team is a premiere national partner for utilities designing and implementing successful behavior change-based market engagement solutions. C+C’s dedicated program and outreach teams specialize in using social marketing principles to understand our client’s goals. The team creates customer-centric initiatives that equitably engage all communities about energy efficiency and resource conservation. C+C’s team currently works with solid waste and energy clients in the Pacific Northwest, Northeast, and Puerto Rico with a focus on demand side management and commercial waste prevention.
“States, utilities, and stakeholders across the industry are all actively looking to increase participation of the public and key market segments in their demand side management and waste prevention programs and services,” said Mark Handy, EVP Utility Solutions. “With a myriad of new regulations at the state and federal level, and IRA funding rolling out this year, our team at C+C is primed to support our clients in taking their market transformation goals to the next level.”
Mark understands the complexities of the utility business and brings a wealth of relationships and experience in the sector to C+C. Mark has more than 20 years of experience working with utilities, both as a large service provider/contractor and as a small business owner. While at DNV he led multidisciplinary teams through start up, steady state and close out of utility sponsored EE programs such as Downstream, Midstream, Direct Install and SEM. Prior to DNV, he was the CEO of KenJiva Energy Systems and held management positions at Sun Microsystems. He is a past director of the Illinois Solar Energy Association and the American Association for Blacks in Energy, among other organizations.
About C+C
C+C is a Seattle based, 110+ person social good communication firm that was founded with a simple mission: Do Good Work. C+C specializes in making energy efficiency, recycling, water conservation, public health, individual health, and transportation every bit as interesting as they are important. The agency helps clients leverage communications to realize their business objectives through an integrated approach to planning, bringing together research-driven insights, multicultural perspectives, and a wide range of marketing disciplines to set goals and drive behavior change.
Contacts
Mark McClennan
mmcclennan@cplusc.com
508-397-3992
