Kimberly Gencur Svaty is a nationally recognized leader in energy policy. As a former board member at AWEA (now American Clean Power), Kimberly is a respected industry expert and sought-after source of information in local, state, and national publications and news from documentaries. Kimberly began her work in the traditional utility space, but nearly 20 years ago, she formed Gencur Svaty Public Affairs to provide turnkey public-facing solutions ranging from policy development to legislative, regulatory, communications, community engagement, and business development.

When Kimberly took the helm of the Advanced Power Alliance in Kansas in 2008, there were only two operating wind farms in the state. Since then, the state’s clean energy footprint has added 44 wind farms, utility-scale solar, battery storage, and an overall clean portfolio of more than 9 gigawatts of clean energy – making Kansas one of the largest energy-producing states in the nation. Kimberly was directly involved in every piece of policy at the state and local level influencing those projects.

Kimberly is the mother of four children and she and her husband raise them in Topeka on their operating livestock and crop operation in central Kansas, which provides a unique perspective into the intersection of energy, agriculture, and water policy along with the challenges of further seeding the clean energy economy in rural areas to power ever increasing demand for energy in rural and urban areas.

Kimberly served nine years on the Board of Directors for Harvesters including two years as Board Chairman. Kimberly has also served on the Topeka/Shawnee County Library Board, the Mulvane Art Museum Board of Directors, and the University of Kansas/St. Francis Hospital Board of Directors. She has completed 25 legislative sessions at the federal and state level, served on the Kansas Infrastructure Hub Advisory Committee, and conceptualized the private/public partnership Hydrogen Hub effort – HARVEST Hydrogen. Kimberly is also in the final stage of her Ph.D. program in International Relations.