Founder and Executive Director

Grayson Shor

Grayson Shor is the Founder and Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Battery Collaborative, the region's largest network of battery professionals. A battery and critical minerals circularity expert, Grayson brings over a decade of experience scaling multi-million-dollar sustainability programs across five continents, drawing on a distinctive background spanning industry, government, and civil society.
Prior to founding the Collaborative, Grayson led Amazon Worldwide Operations' circular economy and battery sustainability program, developing resource-efficient solutions for 1.2 million employees across more than 20 countries. He also launched the world's largest commercial EV fleet operator's first battery circularity program and has contributed to over 200 U.S. government sustainability policy documents.
His diverse background includes serving as a U.S. diplomat, lead environmental intelligence briefer to Secretary John Kerry, and humanitarian aid worker, as well as managing a $20M climate-focused philanthropic portfolio. He is also Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Buckstop, an AI-driven critical minerals urban mining company.

Director of Operations

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz serves as Director of Operations for the PNW Battery Collaborative. An environmental engineer by training, he works with public interest organizations globally on digital sustainability and organizational resilience. Prior to moving to the US, he led digital strategy of a European transition research organization.

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Director of Communications

WesLEY Andrews

Wesley Andrews serves as Director of Communications for PNW Battery Collaborative. Wesley has been supporting new energy verticals for over twenty years as a political organizer, community volunteer, marketing leader, and currently as Principal of communications consultancy Andrews.Energy LLC. Wesley previously ran US communications for Northvolt and now serves an international client portfolio of growing organizations in the battery supply chain.​​​​​

Director of Community

Radhika Moogavkar

Radhika Moolgavkar serves as the Director of Community for the PNW Battery Collaborative. An attorney by training, she has spent the past decade in various sustainability roles from leading King County Metro's battery-electric bus expansion to working in start-ups focused on carbon dioxide removal and carbon crediting. A PNW native, Radhika enjoys all things outdoors but hiking, sculling and running are her favorite.

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Director of Marketing

Tim Wong

Timothy Wong is passionate about building community and connecting professionals. He was formerly the head of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Young Professionals committee where he transformed the program for over 100,000 members across 160 countries. He has 15 years of experience working in energy across utility planning, renewable energy procurement, grid infrastructure, and large-scale program management with technical foundations in electrical engineering and an MBA.

Community Liaison

DUNCAN MILLER

​Duncan Miller is the Portland Community Liaison for the Pacific Northwest Battery Collaborative, leading programming and community-building in Oregon and Southern Washington. He has been a builder in the clean energy space since 2006, when he founded HeatSpring out of an MBA class project and grew it over 17 years into a platform serving 100,000 solar and storage professionals. A bootstrapped, self-capitalized founder by conviction, Duncan now co-leads Rose City Robotics and serves as Oregon Hub Ambassador for E8 Angels, where he participates in pitch screening, due diligence, and early-stage investment in Pacific Northwest cleantech companies. He brings all of it to his work at PNWBC: a long memory of where this industry has been, and a genuine commitment to building the community that will shape where it goes.​​​​​​​​​