Hadia Sheerazi is an award-winning interdisciplinary researcher-practitioner specializing in de-risking the global energy transition and advancing resilience. She advises project developers and investors on securing social license and reducing permitting risks for early-stage, first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and commercial-scale clean energy and critical infrastructure projects across renewables, industrial decarbonization, carbontech, next-generation technologies including geothermal and nuclear, and the responsible deployment of data centers. She is currently a Senior Fellow at Constructive, a nonpartisan organization bridging a critical gap in the existing climate and clean energy landscape through cross-sector engagement platforms that advance practical solutions to unlock energy abundance and a thriving planet.

 
As a nationally recognized subject matter expert, she has been invited to contribute to expert committees and working groups convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC4). She has led research and partnerships to develop evidence-based frameworks, digital tools, and playbooks to de-risk early-stage, first-of-a-kind (FOAK) and commercial-scale clean energy and critical infrastructure projects by advancing best practices and facilitating tailored capacity building for meaningful stakeholder engagement in siting and permitting processes, and co-creating meaningful benefits that are responsive to host communities’ needs and reflect local socio-economic priorities in the U.S. and globally. Hadia has been invited to serve as a moderator, expert panelist and keynote speaker at national and international conferences and high-level intergovernmental events on energy, responsible infrastructure deployment, resilience and sustainable development including New York Climate Week, D.C. Climate Week, America is All In, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine, World Hydrogen North America, Carbon Removal Summit, Intersolar NorthAm Summit, Data Center World, and DCD>Connect, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Environment Assembly, UN Economic & Social Council and the World Bank Group summits among others.

 
Hadia has been internationally recognized for her research and contributions to the global energy transition, sustainable development, and community-centric adaptation and resilience by the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), the United Nations, and the White House Council on Women and Girls, and named to the Financial Times’ 50 Rising Stars in ESG, Reuters Events’ Trailblazing Women, and Yahoo! Finance’s HERoes Top 100 Future Leaders lists. Hadia is an active leader within the WRISE (Women of Renewable Industries & Sustainable Energy) New York City chapter, strengthening the organization's mission of empowering women across the energy industry, and has served as a mentor in the Mercedes-Benz, beVisioneers Fellowship program, U.S Department of State and U.S. Energy Association’s Women Energy Leaders, Women in Green Hydrogen, and Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) programs. She holds a dual-MSc from Columbia University and a BA in Government and Politics from St. John's University.