Leah Wiggs
Executive Director
Leah Wiggs is the Executive Director of the C-PACE Alliance, a national organization focused on advocating for the growth and expansion of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE). Leah leads efforts to promote and expand C-PACE financing, which provides property owners with long-term, affordable funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. With a deep background in PACE policy and regulatory affairs, Leah brings over 18 years of experience in government relations, advocacy, and organizational leadership to the Alliance.
Prior to joining CPA, Leah served as SVP of Government Affairs at Renew Financial, leading federal and state advocacy to modernize the PACE industry. Her background includes supporting clean energy innovators in Silicon Valley and serving in the California State Senate as a District Director.
With a commitment to advancing sustainable finance solutions and promoting clean energy policy, Leah is passionate about facilitating equitable programs that support both our communities and the environment.
Nicholas Zuba
Deputy Director
Nicholas Zuba is an energy efficiency and environmental policy professional with over a decade of experience in environmental sustainability, in both the public and private sectors, specializing in deploying Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing for property owners to make energy-saving improvements. As Deputy Director of the C-PACE Alliance, Nicholas’s duties include expanding the organization’s membership; managing a portfolio of policy and programmatic initiatives for CPA members; arranging educational content; and helping to solidify CPA’s long-term value to its members.
Prior to joining C-PACE Alliance, Nicholas served as Director of PACE Policy and Programs at CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital. His duties included supplying CleanFund’s team with programmatic information and working collaboratively with industry counterparts to improve new and existing C-PACE programs across the country. He previously managed and administered the Connecticut Green Bank’s C-PACE Program for nearly six years. He also constructed projects to provide financing for energy-saving improvements in commercial and industrial properties. Earlier, Nicholas worked for Town of Babylon Government in Long Island, NY, where he became an administrator of the town’s Long Island Green Homes Program, one of the first operational residential PACE programs in the country.
Nicholas graduated from the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University with his Master of Public Administration degree. He also graduated from Ithaca College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science.