Breakthrough Energy Business Fellow
Monica is a Business Fellow at Breakthrough Energy, where she supports climate tech startups in the Breakthrough Energy Fellowship program. She previously spent 20 years at Chevron, holding a variety of technical and commercial roles across Upstream, Downstream, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Chevron New Energies.
She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, an MBA from the Bauer College of Business, and a graduate certificate in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) from the Colorado School of Mines.
Monica is passionate about inspiring the next generation to pursue STEM. She currently serves on the Board of Allies in Energy and previously served on the Board of Directors for Girlstart, a nonprofit focused on empowering girls in STEM. She also mentors female founders through the DivInc consortium at the Ion Houston.
She lives in Houston with her husband and their two children.