Speaker

Cassidy Fisher is the Joint Innovation Program Director for Washington Maritime Blue, a non-profit, strategic alliance formed to accelerate innovation and sustainability in support of an equitable and inclusive Blue Economy. Cassidy supports members and partner organizations as a convener and facilitator to seed, support, and lead strategic initiatives, collaboratives, and Joint Innovation Projects that drive early-stage market development and technologies to commercialization through a collaborative and whole systems design-process. Her portfolio has focused primarily on maritime decarbonization and offshore renewable energy activities, including supporting the PNW H2 Hub activities and PNW2AK Green Corridor, establishing the Blue Wind offshore wind supply chain collaborative to facilitate Washington’s role in the West Coast and Floating offshore wind supply chain, and supporting projects aimed at port and maritime electrification and development and use sustainable maritime fuels. With a background in mechanical engineering, she joined Maritime Blue in March 2022. Previously she worked in the renewable energy industry where she led engineering teams and worked with developers on projects working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through landfill gas and biogas collection, control, and conversion to energy.