Eli Hopson

Eli serves as the Chief Commercial Officer, leading CGC's Market Development division, and the Chief Administrative Officer, leading the Legal, Strategy, People and Admin departments. Eli's team focuses their work on building market transformations from the ground up by partnering with the most innovative entities and individuals in the sector. Eli joined CGC as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer in 2022, shepherding the organization through an era of unprecedented growth. Eli raised millions in philanthropic funding to build the team and coalition that created a successful application for $5B in funding. Since then, Eli has played a pivotal role in building the team, culture and process implementations required to close the grant agreement and begin deploying capital. Eli previously was the founding CEO of the DC Green Bank, where he led the startup of DC Green Bank and built relationships with key partners and stakeholders. Under his steady leadership, DC Green Bank developed its first financial offerings, deployed the first capital, established strategic relationships, and set DC Green Bank’s mission of becoming the integrated hub of information and investment to accelerate DC’s transition to a sustainable and thriving future for all DC. A clean energy expert, Eli previously served as VP of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, successor to a merger with Cube Hydro Partners, where he was VP of Legal, Regulatory, and Policy. Eli’s prior experiences also include Latham & Watkins, Union of Concerned Scientists, US House