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Samantha Grassle
Senior Director, Partnerships & Policy
Samantha leads partnerships and policy at Elemental Impact, working across corporates, investors, and government to accelerate the deployment of climate technologies.
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Samantha Grassle is Senior Director of Partnerships & Policy at Elemental Impact, where she operates at the intersection of climate innovation, capital markets, and public policy. She leads strategic partnerships with corporates—particularly hyperscalers and large industrial players—to advance offtake opportunities and integrate emerging climate technologies into real-world operations. In parallel, she shapes investor relations strategies that mobilize private capital into early-stage and first-of-a-kind projects.
Her work focuses on solving one of the core challenges in climate: bridging the gap between innovation and large-scale deployment. Samantha designs and leads initiatives that connect Elemental’s portfolio companies with commercial customers, investors, and policymakers, creating pathways to bankability and accelerating adoption. She also drives policy engagement to ensure that regulatory frameworks and public funding mechanisms are aligned with market needs, enabling more efficient and scalable climate investment.
Across her role, Samantha collaborates closely with entrepreneurs, investors, and institutional partners to build new platforms for deployment—bringing together catalytic capital, project expertise, and cross-sector coordination to unlock high-impact opportunities.
Prior to Elemental
Samantha brings over a decade of experience working at the intersection of technology deployment, climate, and public sector innovation. Prior to Elemental, she led market entry and growth strategies at JUMP by Uber and Superpedestrian, launching shared micromobility systems in cities around the world. Earlier in her career, she served as a senior advisor in the New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, where she managed urban technology and climate initiatives.
She has also held roles as a Google Policy Fellow with the American Association of People with Disabilities and as a Technology Research Fellow with The GovLab at New York University. Samantha holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
Outside of the office
On the weekends, you are likely to find Samantha exploring her home borough of Brooklyn with her husband, two children and senior border aussie pup – most likely on a new culinary adventure or in search of live music.