Ms. Clay is a seasoned public company legal executive responsible for managing all legal matters, including complex commercial contracts and strategic partnerships, litigation, compliance, regulatory, and HR matters. Prior to working with Via Renewables, she was with Crius Energy as their Chief Legal Officer, and before that, Ms. Clay was Vice President, Senior Counsel at MasterCard Worldwide. At MasterCard, Ms. Clay supported Finance and Treasury; International and Domestic Mergers & Acquisitions; SEC matters and Board Advisory Matters. During her tenure at MasterCard, Ms. Clay received the MasterCard 2011 CFO Award and a 2010 MasterCard General Counsel’s Award.Before joining MasterCard in 2007, Ms. Clay was Counsel for Boies, Schiller & Flexner. At the firm, she represented energy, communication and financial industry clients in connection with private and public mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex contract matters. Ms. Clay graduated with honors, from Rutgers University, with an B.S. and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences. For her M.S., she was awarded a full scholarship from the Biochemical & Chemical Engineering Department where she worked with the Environmental Protection Agency on projects and was published for such studies in scientific journals. She received her Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law, where she was a managing editor of the Pace University Environmental Law Review and published twice in the Law Review. Ms. Clay received her MBA from MIT, Sloan.Ms. Clay resides in Stamford, Connecticut and is an active runner, swimmer and triathlete. She has completed over 200 races and has qualified for the US Triathlon Nationals (2022 and 2023).