JLL grows Clean Energy and Infrastructure practice with vice president, energy resilience

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – JLL announced today that it has hired Doug Mackenzie as Vice President, Energy Resilience, for its Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory team. In his new role, he will advise public and private clients on energy and sustainability, including distributed generation, demand management, microgrids and other solutions related to ensuring sufficiency and reliability of their energy supply. 

Mackenzie’s nearly 10 years of experience includes working as the Director of Federal Energy Security for large engineering firm Black & Veatch, where he led the development of more than $700 million in distributed energy infrastructure projects and worked with both private and public sector clients. At JLL, Mackenzie will create and lead an energy resilience business that supports the development and implementation of distributed energy and microgrid solutions that achieve climate goals for public sector and commercial clients.

“Doug’s experience will be instrumental as he leads and advances our practice in the renewable energy space,” said Executive Vice President Brian Oakley, Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory, JLL. “His wealth of knowledge regarding energy resilience will help us continue to provide our clients with best-in-class advisory services.”

Mackenzie, who is based in JLL’s Washington, D.C. office, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering with a focus in power and energy from the University of Denver and his Master of Science degree in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University.

JLL’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory team works with clients to address aging infrastructure at a pivotal time when improving infrastructure resiliency is a priority for both private and public sectors. The team has over 30 energy and finance professionals dedicated to assisting corporations, public agencies, and higher education institutions in making the transition to clean energy. The team advises clients on matters related to complex financial structures, including non-recourse project financing and public-private partnerships (P3s), as well as municipal and corporate financings.

“As real estate owners and occupiers seek to decarbonize their footprint, renewable energy is increasingly being used as a tool to meet sustainability targets and generate savings,” added Managing Director Josephine Tucker, Head of Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory, JLL. “Doug has worked with a variety of clients providing technical oversight and figuring out how to bring advanced technologies like microgrids to market – and at scale. We are confident that Doug’s contributions will continue to make JLL a recognized leader in clean energy and infrastructure advisory.”

JLL is the premier provider of strategic real estate advisory for local, state, national and federal governments as well as public and education institutions. Its national team covers the entire real estate lifecycle from strategy, public-private partnerships, facilities management and sustainability services to transaction and project management. JLL brings both the experience and expertise to convert real estate portfolios into working assets that meet operational and occupancy requirements while generating revenues and reducing costs. Visit us.jll.com/government.  

For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit our newsroom.