About
Emma McDonagh is Partner and COO at Overture, which she joined as its first employee in 2022. She previously worked at Powerhouse, a digital-first energy and infrastructure fund, where she led company operations and supported strategic initiatives for corporate and investor partners, and was named a 2023 Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) Fellow. Earlier in her career she led design and architecture teams on a Department of Energy award-winning net-zero elementary school project and held roles at a food and agriculture accelerator and Historic New England. She holds a B.A. from Middlebury College.
Experience
- Overture VenturesPartner & COOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Overture VenturesPrincipal2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Overture VenturesVice President2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Overture VenturesSenior Associate2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Clean Energy Leadership Institute2023 Fellow2023
- PowerhousePartnership and Operations Associate2021
- PowerhouseEvents and Operations Associate2020 — 2021Oakland, CA
- Historic New EnglandPlanning for Resiliency Project Intern2018Greater Boston Area
Colleagues at Overture Climate
Allison Hinckley
Senior Principal at Overture Climate
Ben Rhodes
Advisor, Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama at Overture Climate
Brandon Hurlbut
Co-Founder at Overture Climate
Dan Brunner
Advisor, Co-Founder and former CTO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner, Future Tech Partners at Overture Climate
Gaurav Sant
Advisor, Director, UCLA Institute for Carbon Management at Overture Climate
Julius Genachowski
Venture Partner at Overture Climate
Karen Skelton
Advisor, Visiting Scholar At Stanford's Doerr School Of Sustainability; Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Department Of Energy at Overture Climate
Kate Brandt
Fund II Chair, Chief Sustainability Officer, Google at Overture Climate
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Emma McDonagh?
- Emma McDonagh is Partner and COO at Overture, which she joined as its first employee in 2022. She previously worked at Powerhouse, a digital-first energy and infrastructure fund, where she led company operations and supported strategic initiatives for corporate and investor partners, and was named a 2023 Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) Fellow. Earlier in her career she led design and architecture teams on a Department of Energy award-winning net-zero elementary school project and held roles at a food and agriculture accelerator and Historic New England. She holds a B.A. from Middlebury College.
- Where does Emma McDonagh work?
- Emma McDonagh is Partner & COO at Overture Climate.
- Where did Emma McDonagh go to school?
- Emma McDonagh studied at Middlebury College (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major in History of Art and Architectural Studies); DIS-Study Abroad in Scandinavia (Architecture); Reading Memorial High School.
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