Born and raised in Marietta, Georgia, Bettina moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue an undergraduate degree in anthropology and environmental studies. After graduating, she spent three years working on energy conservation and climate resilience initiatives with the U.S. Department of Defense. She then held positions at SELCO Foundation, Barefoot College, and Enventure Enterprises in India and East Africa, where she conducted policy and finance analysis on the off-grid energy sector and incubated clean energy social enterprises. Since moving back to the U.S. in 2016, Bettina has been working on policy advocacy related to accelerating private investment in an equitable transition to a low carbon future. In her free time, Bettina enjoys going to museums, mushroom foraging with her husband, Sam, and pug, Annabelle, and keeping up with friends and family scattered across the world.