Charlotte Pera

Charlotte Pera is pioneering bold, collaborative climate action. She is the Vice President and Deputy CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund.

Pera previously held leadership roles with ClimateWorks and, for more than a decade, with the Energy Foundation, including Senior Vice President and Director of U.S. Programs, and U.S. Transportation Program Director. She helped launch the Energy Foundation’s program in China and supported the creation of the European Climate Foundation. Earlier in her career, Charlotte analyzed advanced vehicle technologies, developed emissions inventory models, and designed public programs to reduce vehicle pollution at engineering consulting firm Acurex Environmental.

Pera serves on the supervisory board of the European Climate Foundation and the Stewardship Board of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security. She served for many years as a founding board member of the International Council for Clean Transportation. 

Pera holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.