Chris RomerFounder

United States - Denver Metropolitan Area

Project Canary is a SaaS-based data analytics company focused on accurate corporate climate ESG data for emission-intensive industrial companies. We are the leaders in holistic environmental assessments (air, water, land, and community). Project Canary scores responsible operations, delivering independent emission profiles via high-fidelity continuous monitoring technology to provide actionable environmental performance data. Our sensor portfolio includes high-fidelity spectroscopy-based methane detection and emissions quantification for the oil and gas sectors, plus Aeris Technologies’ laser-based gas analyzers covering other emissions, including ethane, nitrous oxide, formaldehyde, ethylene oxide, benzene, and more. Formed as a Public Benefit Corporation, Project Canary’s Denver-based team of scientists, engineers, and seasoned industry operators identify and quantify areas to reduce emissions. www.projectcanary.com

Chris is also a Co-Founder and senior advisor at Guild Education. He has helped several Fortune 500 partners and top universities offer education as a benefit to increase employee satisfaction and retention. As a result, Guild Education is now one of only four mission-driven B-Corporations valued at over $1 billion. From 2011 - 2015, Chris was the President and Co-Founder of American Honors, a community college 2+2 program.

Chris served as a Colorado state senator from 2006 to 2010, where he focused on energy policy, higher education innovation, and improving access and quality of K12 education. From 1983-2008 he was a public finance banker with JPMorgan and CitiBank, specializing in clean power, energy, utility, higher education, and transportation finance.

Chris is a Founder and past President of Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation, which provides mentoring programs and scholarship funds for at-risk students, and past president of the Colorado Children’s Campaign, a children’s advocacy group. He also served as superintendent for New America Schools, a national network of ESL high schools, and as president of the KIPP Schools serving low-income students.