Jeanette Alberg

Jeanette Alberg is a Prize Leader with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s American-Made Challenges Program. The American-Made Program is a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and is designed to incentivize innovation through prizes, training, teaming, mentoring, and connecting the nation’s entrepreneurs and innovators to America’s national labs and the private sector. Since 2018, the American-Made Program has created and executed nearly 80 prizes; helping the Department of Energy direct over $250M in cash prize funding to teams and individuals across the United States.

Since joining NREL in February 2024, Jeanette has personally provided expertise and support to the Direct Air Capture Prize Suite a first-of-a-kind, $90M four-prize program with FECM. In addition, her support has been instrumental to the Renew America’s Schools Prize, the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize, and the Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize programs. She has 20 years of experience engaging stakeholders, building partnerships, and developing strategies and managing programs to meet key business priorities and increase brand awareness.

Jeanette's background and expertise at NREL includes running prize programs around Direct Air Capture, Carbon Capture, and Start-up Incubation. She also has a background in Corporate Community Relations and a government policy background in water, transportation, and Superfund Environmental Cleanups.

Head of Public Affairs, DCP Midstream (2020–2023)

Public Affairs and Community Relations Lead, DCP Midstream (2018–2023)

Manager of Community Relations, Lockheed Martin Space (2009–2017)

Area Director, United States Senator Wayne Allard (2007–2009)

Area Representative, United Sates Senator Wayne Allard (2000–2007)

Area Representative, United States House of Representatives Bob Schaffer (1999–2000) 

Colorado School of Mines Energy and Minerals Field Institute (2008)

NREL Energy Executive Program (2007)

Corporate Relations Board Member, Denver Museum of Nature and Science (2010–2023)

Board Member, Rocky Mountain Arsenal Friend’s Group (2011–2014)