Maggie Talmadge is a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and serves as Senior Development Manager at
Navajo Power, PBC, a majority Native-owned and employee-owned utility-scale renewable energy developer. Navajo Power is a Public Benefits Corporation with a mission for tribal communities to prosper from clean energy. Prior to joining Navajo Power, she was the Business Development Manager at a utility-scale solar and storage developer based in the Midwest. Maggie has a background in utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage development and power marketing; energy and economic development capacity building; and legislative, electoral, ballot, and Public Utility Commission policy and campaign design, including carbon pricing, utility grid modernization, housing, and tax policy. She is Co-Chair of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) Energy Committee and a Visiting Alumni Mentor at the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale. Maggie holds a Master of Environmental Management from Yale School of the Environment and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College.