Managing Director
OIC
Jay McKenna, ’06, is a clean energy executive and business builder with nearly two decades of experience across power, fuels, and carbon finance. He is currently Managing Director of OIC, which builds investment partnerships with companies that will catalyze significant positive change across infrastructure, energy, and industrial ecosystems. Previously, Jay was the co-founder, CEO, and President, of Nacero Inc., a sustainable aviation fuels business. Before founding Nacero in 2015, he was the CFO of K Road Power, a utility scale renewable power producer. He started his career at Credit Suisse moving to Goldman Sachs’ commodity group and C-Quest Capital where he helped build multiple carbon finance and environmental investment businesses. He graduated with a B.A. from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy with a double major in International Studies.