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Jesse McKinnell
SVP, Climate Justice and Environmental Resilience Investments
About Jesse
Jesse McKinnell is the SVP, Climate Justice and Environmental Resilience Investments at CEI.
Jesse joined CCML in 2012 as their Asset and Relationship Manager and in 2018 became the Revenue and Fund Development Officer as part of CCML’s “new product” team, eventually helping to co-found Bright Community Capital, a Maine-based renewable energy investor and lender with a national footprint, where he served as COO.
Prior to joining the CEI family of organizations. Jesse worked as a risk analyst for a large credit card processor. In his free time, Jesse enjoys writing, and activities which require partial submersion in whatever body of water is local and thawed.
Education:
- Maine Law, JD
- University of Southern Maine, BA History
Community Connections:
- Portland Food Co-Op, Finance Committee 2016- 2017
- Preble Street Resource Center, Kitchen Volunteer 2009
Get To Know Jesse
What book, film, tv show or album do you return to again and again?
Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut, Rushmore by Anderson, and Doolittle by the Pixies.
What was your first job?
Lobsterman
What is your favorite candy or snack food?
Stuff with heaps of sodium
