Craig Cornelius '01, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clearway Energy Group, and its public entity Clearway Energy, Inc. is available to meet with students.He’ll provide advice for navigating a career in the energy, conversation and sustainability sectors, career advice and roles at Clearway Energy Group. 

A coffee chat session provides you with an opportunity to meet with an employer on a one-on-one basis and allows you to make a personal connection and ask questions. You will also learn about the employer and their opportunities in this 25-minute session.

Coffee chats are a great way to connect with a representative from a company to discuss recruitment timelines, application questions, and demonstrate your interest in the firm. Many employers see this as an opportunity to learn about you and your skills, but also as a way to share information about their organization. In some cases, the employers may be there to recruit for open roles, while others may be looking to network with interested students.

Craig Cornelius is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Clearway Energy Group and its public entity Clearway Energy, Inc., which together form one of the largest clean energy companies in the United States.

Prior to becoming Clearway Energy Group’s CEO at its formation through a spin-out of NRG’s clean energy businesses in 2018, Craig was President of NRG’s renewables division. In this capacity, he oversaw origination, development, engineering & construction, operations, and asset management across the company’s businesses in wind and solar power. Craig joined NRG in 2013, and before serving in his subsequent role, led new business development for renewables, with duties including the establishment of new market segments, acquisition of projects, and direction of process improvement initiatives.

Before joining NRG, Craig served for five years as a Principal and then a Managing Director in the solar investing practice at Hudson Clean Energy Partners, an early leader in the private equity sector’s expansion in the renewable energy industry. Previously, he was the Program Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Program, where he led the creation of the $1.5 billion Solar America Initiative. He has also served terms at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Thai Geoinformatics and Space Technology Development Agency, and the U.S. National Academies of Science, in each instance working on varied space technology research & development and operational initiatives.

Craig holds an A.B. from Princeton University in history of science and an M.A. in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University.