Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, NRG Energy, Inc

Lynda leads the company's sustainability strategy for NRG Energy. Lynda and her team collaborate with stakeholders across the company to drive initiatives and create opportunities that advance a cleaner energy future for NRG and our customers.
Over the past decade at NRG, she has been recognized for her innovative work at the intersection of sustainability and energy. Here, she has led market-facing teams dedicated to sustainability advisory, renewable energy brokerage, and commercial and new product innovation, including carbon offsets. She also ran an incubator for growing businesses and early-stage opportunities for commercial and industrial customers within NRG Business.

Lynda started her career as an analyst with an investment bank. She then spent eight years at Enron, where she initiated the weather derivatives business as well as the SO₂ and NOx emissions trading desk. In 2000, Lynda co-founded and was COO of XL Weather and Energy (a division of XL Capital Ltd), a trading and insurance company based in Connecticut. She also co-founded and was the former President of the Weather Risk Management Association.

Lynda is on the board of Center for Houston’s Future, a nonprofit that brings together business, government, community, and academic stakeholders to engage on issues critical to the long-term success of Greater Houston. From 2020-2024, she served as Vice Chair of EVolve Houston, a public-private partnership for transportation electrification. Lynda holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and French from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Finance from Tulane University.