As the Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), Dan Adler aims to accelerate the movement of clean energy technologies along the continuum from innovation to infrastructure using tools from finance, public policy and technological innovation. Prior to joining CalCEF, Adler was a senior analyst in the Division of Strategic Planning at the California Public Utilities Commission, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of California's Renewables Portfolio Standard and was senior staff for climate change policy.

Adler has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University.