Sam Walker has a decade of experience as a leader in renewable energy project finance and development, working with industry-leading developer such as SunEdison, Terraform Power, and New Columbia Solar.
Sam has traditionally focused on project finance, where he has successfully raised equity and debt financings for over 500 MWs of Residential, C&I, and Utility-Scale Solar projects. Most recently, Sam spent over five years as a partner and head of finance at New Columbia Solar, the leading C&I solar development platform in Washington, DC. Sam successfully oversaw the company's growth from 7 to 85 employees, and led the company's project finance, accounting, asset management, FP&A, and corporate finance divisions. Sam was responsible for raising over $100M of tax equity and debt to pair with New Columbia Solar's co-invested equity, as well as leading and successfully closing two rounds of corporate investments into the company for over $40M of growth capital.
Prior to his experience at New Columbia Solar, Sam spent 3 years on the structured finance team at SunEdison and Terraform Power. Sam has spoken at several conferences and events, and is a mainstay in the solar community in the Washington, DC area.
Prior to his career in Renewables, Sam worked at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, where he was an Analyst in the $60B corporate credit fund, managing investments in the high yield bond, bank loan, and middle market direct lending markets.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Environmental Studies and American Studies.