Jay Smith

Jay Smith, Executive Director
Charge Ahead Partnership

Jay has spent more than two decades working in coalition development and association management. Throughout his career he has done extensive work in both the transportation and energy sectors. He was instrumental in the creation of Charge Ahead Partnership and has served as the Executive Director since the coalition’s inception in 2021. Under his leadership Charge Ahead has grown from a small collection of stakeholders into a national coalition with more than 400 member companies, associations, and individuals committed to seeing the expansion of the EV charging network driven by private investment and competition.