GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - USA
Shalini Swaroop of Marin Clean Energy
Shalini Swaroop backs up her social justice bona fides with an extensive history of working for organizations dedicated to issues such as human rights, gender equality and environmental advocacy, all packed into a career which is still in its relative infancy. Swaroop’s dizzying list of career experience includes roles within the National Asian American Coalition and women’s rights organization Legal Momentum, alongside internships within Indian civil rights collective The Human Rights Law Network, Nepalese NGO Nagarik Aawaz, the ACLU and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
in 2013 she joined Marin Clean Energy, a local government-owned renewable energy program in California’s Marin County, and assumed the general counsel’s position in late 2018, while also serving as the director of policy. Her role sees her handle a broad spectrum of compliance-related matters, disputes and regulatory policy issues, where her deep experience in advocating before the California Public Utilities Commission comes to the fore.
Outside of her professional role, Swaroop also sits on the boards of the ACLU of Northern California, peacebuilding technology organization JustPeace Labs and youth-oriented advocacy group Youth Celebrate Diversity.