Lisa E. Benatar, PhD
Board Member

Lisa has a BA in Geophysics from UC Berkeley and an M.S. and PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Stanford University. Her graduate research was on solar cell materials, and she has worked in the area of renewable energy and energy efficiency for 23 years. 

Lisa and her husband, Darrell, raised three daughters. Their oldest daughter, Emily, died on May 9, 2012, from bacterial meningitis and serogroup B. Emily was 19 years old and a freshman in college. The Benatar family created a foundation and a website in Emily’s honor: The Emily Benatar Foundation, EmilyBenatar.com.