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Stephen Brown
Steve’s career spans well over 20 years of government relations, public affairs, and energy sustainability experience. He was the 2014 Democratic Nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, making him the youngest African American to win a statewide primary in Texas.
He began his career in The Clinton White House as an intern in the Office of Legislative Affairs. He assisted that division in their efforts to advance President Clinton’s congressional priorities. After moving back to Houston in 1998, he joined the staff of U.S. Congresswoman Sheila JacksonLee and later became the budget analyst for then House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Sylvester Turner. In 2003, he joined the American Heart Association - Texas Affiliate as its Vice President of Public Advocacy. There, he guided AHA through one of its best legislative sessions and was recognized as one of the three most influential non-profit lobbyists in Texas from 2005 to 2007.
As a result of that success, Stephen launched Capitol Assets, A Full-Service Public Affairs firm, which specialized in lobbying, issue campaigns, and public relations. In that role, he was involved in numerous statewide advocacy efforts like funding for Medicaid/CHIP, childhood disabilities, stroke coordination, immunizations, mass transit, and environmental justice issues.
Steve is currently the President of Capital Assets Energy LLC, a successful clean energy development consulting firm that specializes in financing retrofits of commercial, non-profit, and multi-family properties with energy-efficient and renewable energy improvements. To date, Capital Assets has secured close to $5 million in capital for energy efficient/renewable energy retrofits throughout Texas through the C-PACE program. Capital Assets has also helped to develop over 500 MWs of utility-scale solar, assists local governments on their green energy procurement strategies, and organizes communities around environmental justice.
Steve is also the Founder and Interim CEO of the Clean Energy Fund of Texas Inc (TxCEF). TxCEF is focused on making the emerging green economy affordable and just for all Texans. We believe that an equitable transition to clean energy will help to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis, eliminate energy poverty, create green jobs and catalyze economic development opportunities in historically under-resourced communities.
He began his career in The Clinton White House as an intern in the Office of Legislative Affairs. He assisted that division in their efforts to advance President Clinton’s congressional priorities. After moving back to Houston in 1998, he joined the staff of U.S. Congresswoman Sheila JacksonLee and later became the budget analyst for then House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Sylvester Turner. In 2003, he joined the American Heart Association - Texas Affiliate as its Vice President of Public Advocacy. There, he guided AHA through one of its best legislative sessions and was recognized as one of the three most influential non-profit lobbyists in Texas from 2005 to 2007.
As a result of that success, Stephen launched Capitol Assets, A Full-Service Public Affairs firm, which specialized in lobbying, issue campaigns, and public relations. In that role, he was involved in numerous statewide advocacy efforts like funding for Medicaid/CHIP, childhood disabilities, stroke coordination, immunizations, mass transit, and environmental justice issues.
Steve is currently the President of Capital Assets Energy LLC, a successful clean energy development consulting firm that specializes in financing retrofits of commercial, non-profit, and multi-family properties with energy-efficient and renewable energy improvements. To date, Capital Assets has secured close to $5 million in capital for energy efficient/renewable energy retrofits throughout Texas through the C-PACE program. Capital Assets has also helped to develop over 500 MWs of utility-scale solar, assists local governments on their green energy procurement strategies, and organizes communities around environmental justice.
Steve is also the Founder and Interim CEO of the Clean Energy Fund of Texas Inc (TxCEF). TxCEF is focused on making the emerging green economy affordable and just for all Texans. We believe that an equitable transition to clean energy will help to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis, eliminate energy poverty, create green jobs and catalyze economic development opportunities in historically under-resourced communities.
Stephen Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Fund of Texas, Inc