Lincoln Bleveans

Lincoln Bleveans leads, educates, and inspires people and organizations to seize actionable opportunities to do good and do well in our dynamic, complex and unprecedented world. Long story short, he’s been there and done that -- again and again.

Lincoln has spent his three-decade career as a hands-on executive at the forefront of the global power industry, an industry that during this time has transformed from highly regulated, local and stodgy into one of the most global, complex and competitive arenas in the world.

​A liberal arts graduate in a sea of engineers, financiers, builders, and operators, he has leveraged his strengths as a voracious learner and outcome-driven strategic leader into a distinctive career portfolio at the forefront of innovation and change. His career spans the power and utility industries and every continent except Antarctica. ​Lincoln has synthesized this broad, deep, and diverse professional and intellectual journey – and his intense curiosity – into a unique and effective perspective on the world, the future, technology, behavior, and how individuals and organizations can position themselves to thrive today and in the future.

Today he leads Stanford University’s mission-essential operations and world-leading innovation in climate action, including sustainability, adaptation, resilience, circularity, and climate justice; electric, thermal, water, and waste utilities; and infrastructure like dams, roads, bridges, and stormwater capture and sewer systems. He also serves on the Projects & Infrastructure Committee of the Board of Oversight for the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and on fiduciary and advisory boards for climate technology start-ups in the US, Canada, Italy, and India.

Throughout his career, Lincoln has communicated his experiences and insights to a diverse global audience of expert and non-expert audiences alike: as a writer in industry publications; as a keynote speaker and moderator; as a guest lecturer at Stanford, MIT, UCLA, and other universities, and as a podcast guest. He has been quoted in general audience publications (Forbes, Newsweek, S&P, LA Times, USA Today) and industry publications (Fast Company, GreenBiz, PV Magazine), and is featured in the Smithsonian’s “Sustainable Energy Research Guide For Youth" and Springer's "Nordic Case Collection on Sustainability and Transition to a Circular Economy." His podcast, Climate+ | Purpose & Prosperity in an Unprecedented World, unpacks our climate-changing world to find the challenges, compromises, and opportunities to do good and do well today.