Shaun O'Rourke headshot

Areas of Expertise

  • Climate resilience

  • Public finance and climate finance

  • Public infrastructure

  • Nature-based solutions

  • Clean energy

  • Sustainable design and land use

Education

  • MLA, Landscape Architecture, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

  • BS, University of Vermont

 

Shaun O'Rourke

Managing Director, Climate Finance

Shaun O'Rourke joins Quantified Ventures with more than 15 years of climate leadership in the public, private, non-profit, and academic sectors. Most recently, he was the Managing Director at Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, where he led all program and business development, and was responsible for closing over $100 million in loans and grants annually.

Shaun was appointed by former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as the state’s first Chief Resilience Officer and led the development and implementation of the climate resilience action strategy, Resilient Rhody. The strategy resulted in over $45 million in new, dedicated funding for climate resilience projects during the first four years. Additionally, Shaun worked closely with Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and state legislature to advocate for priority projects and direct federal funds for clean energy and climate resilience projects.

Prior to joining Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, Shaun served as the National Green Infrastructure Director at The Trust for Public Land and was Director of Sustainable Design and faculty member at the Boston Architectural College. He has also worked at AECOM in New York City as an Ecological Designer focusing on public sector infrastructure projects and firm-wide promotion of nature-based solutions.

Shaun is passionate about working with municipalities, counties, and states to accelerate implementation of nature-based solutions to solve multiple problems at once. He and his family live at 2100 feet in Northern Vermont and in his free time, Shaun can be found playing in the mountains.