Patrick McGrath

Patrick McGrath is the Program Director for Climate Tech at The Schmidt Family Foundation. Pat has spent his career in R&D for low-carbon energy technologies. Most recently, Pat has served as an advisor to climate tech companies and investment funds across a range of sectors and development stages. Pat was previously the Deputy Director for Technology at ARPA-E in the U.S. Department of Energy, where he led a diverse staff of technical and commercialization experts to develop and deploy next-generation energy technologies. In his time at ARPA-E, Pat oversaw new program initiatives in long duration energy storage, advanced fission and fusion technologies, flexible carbon capture, advanced grid optimization, renewable generation, and low-GHG agriculture.