{"id":3014,"date":"2025-08-19T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/?page_id=3014"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:07:18","slug":"jeff-weiss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/jeff-weiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Weiss"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3014\" class=\"elementor elementor-3014\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e65962 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21e65962\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b007976\" data-id=\"2b007976\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c259bcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c259bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jeff Weiss<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-35487184 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35487184\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a459035\" data-id=\"4a459035\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e0948a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65e0948a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JEFF.jpg?fit=444%2C444&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JEFF.jpg?w=444&amp;ssl=1 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JEFF.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JEFF.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nrelfoundation.org\/staging\/2776\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JEFF.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24fd0630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24fd0630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jeff is a board member of the NREL Foundation and a visionary entrepreneur in clean energy and digital innovation. 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