Christine King

Christine King has spent most of her career working with teams to develop strategic initiatives that allow their research to move beyond the benchtop and into the field. As the GAIN director, she will focus on ensuring that nuclear is given fair consideration in the nation’s clean energy future. Our goal is to ensure that a diverse portfolio of nuclear systems are commercially available to deliver power, hydrogen, and high process heat to support future communities.

She most recently served as the operations director for an emerging venture capital firm focused on bringing private capital into the developing advanced nuclear sector to help speed these disruptive technologies to market. Her knowledge and experience include leading a nuclear division for a consulting firm, working in long term R&D with EPRI, and working nuclear plant outages focused on steam generator reliability.

Outside of work, she is pursuing her 2nd degree black belt in TaeKwonDo and coaches flag football for middle school teams.

Education:
MBA, Lynchburg College BS, Chemical E