Zeyneb serves as Co-Executive Director at HEET, a nonprofit committed to cutting emissions through transformative systems change. Zeyneb believes strategically evolving aging gas systems into bidirectional ambient thermal grids will drive rapid and equitable decarbonization of heating and cooling in urban areas. A BuroHappold feasibility study of her GeoMicroDistrict concept won a national APA award and multiple utilities have proposed to pilot this networked geothermal approach. Zeyneb has a background in physics and global health, and has worked at BBN Technologies, Harvard, MIT, and multiple startups.
