About The Breaking Barriers Collaborative
Fleet electrification made simpler.
With the Breaking Barriers Collaborative, Pacific Northwest businesses electrify their fleets faster, more easily, and cost-effectively. Our action-oriented, hands-on programs are for businesses and other organizations ready to realize the many benefits of electrification—from a healthier bottom line to healthier employees and communities.
The Breaking Barriers Collaborative’s deep expertise in clean transportation, access to experts, brand-neutral approach, and track record of successfully supporting organizations make us trusted collaborators as businesses lead the transition to a modernized, clean energy economy.
Founders of the Collaborative
Staff
The Breaking Barriers Collaborative is staffed by Climate Solutions.
Paul Bloom
Program Director
Prior to focusing his career to address the climate crisis, Paul held multiple product and business leadership roles in the technology industry, where he conceived, launched and scaled dozens of new products. At Microsoft, Paul was a founding member of the Microsoft Search product group, where his team managed relationships with more than 50 Fortune 500 companies and integrated them into the product development cycle. Prior to Microsoft, Paul was CEO of Rouxbe, where he transformed the cash-strapped startup into a profitable leader in the cooking e-learning industry. Paul was co-founder and VP Product and Marketing at lawyer directory and review website Avvo, which became the most visited lawyer directory in the U.S. and was acquired by Internet Brands.
Paul is the Board President at the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle, where he has served on the board since 2016. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Western University in Canada, an MBA from Stanford University, and a Certificate in Sustainability from UCLA.
Emily Pinckney
Director, Fleet Electrification
Emily’s experiences as a queer black woman scientist led her to focus her efforts on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in STEM and policy. She works to support underserved communities in navigating around systemic barriers to community-based decision making, particularly within environmental spaces. She is the former Executive Director of 500 Women Scientists, a social justice focused science organization that supports underrepresented folks in STEM. She has worked in wildlife spaces such as Seattle Aquarium and Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, and served on Governor Inslee's Environmental Justice Task Force. Currently, Emily serves on the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency board of directors, the Care about Climate board of directors, Sustainable Seattle board of directors, the Sustainable Tacoma Commission, and the WA Build Back Black Alliance.
Andrew Kornblatt
Director of Outreach
Andrew believes the best partnerships start with a simple question: "What are your goals and how can we help?" This listening-first approach has guided his work across government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors for over a decade. As Director of Outreach at Climate Solutions' Breaking Barriers Collaborative, he leads partnership development and equity-centered recruitment for fleet electrification programs across Washington and Oregon, bringing a cross-sector translator's skillset to build win-win partnerships that advance equitable climate action.
His career has taken him from the California State Assembly to Google's MapMaker Project (where he grew the U.S. user base by 300,000+), to Autodesk's marketing communications team, to freelance consulting where he coordinated 30+ California mayors to accelerate fleet electrification policy by 15 years. At the Center for Sustainable Energy, he achieved 136% of equity targets for California's Clean Vehicle Rebate Program. Along the way, he's learned that leading with economic benefits rather than environmental messaging is often more effective, that trusted messengers are essential for reaching underserved communities, and that everyone knows what needs to happen—they just need systematic frameworks to make it easier.
Outside his work at Climate Solutions, Andrew is the founder and host of Ocean Science Radio, a top-25 science podcast with over 100,000 listeners globally. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University, currently serves as Communications Chair for the Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section, and lives in Portland, Oregon—where he's probably looking forward to playing with his amazing 2-year-old daughter and probably has a podcast interview scheduled later today
Steven Alaman
Program Manager
Steven brings over six years of program management experience focused on decarbonizing transportation in the Pacific Northwest. Previously Steven worked for Multnomah County's Office of Sustainability, Forth, and PacifiCorp. For each of these roles Steven’s work focused on leading community outreach programs and implementing incentive programs that provided decarbonization benefits.
Steven attended the University of Oregon and graduated with a degree in Environmental Science with minors in business and biology. Steven enjoys gardening and spending time with his two cats Nebula and Nova.
Bryn Redal
Program coordinator
Bryn Redal is the Program Coordinator for the Breaking Barriers Collaborative, where she supports program implementation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector coordination to help businesses transition toward zero-emission technologies.
She brings a background in environmental health, climate policy, and sustainability, with experience spanning local government, nonprofit advocacy, international development, and academic research. Bryn has worked with the World Bank’s Climate and Health team, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, and the Lands Council in Spokane. Her work includes climate and health research, emergency preparedness, spatial and policy analysis, and community-based outreach. Dedicated to advancing data-driven solutions that protect public health, strengthen climate resilience, and promote equity, Bryn is most passionate about bridging science and policy and believes deeply in the power of state and local action to drive progress.
Bryn holds a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from the Yale School of Public Health, with a concentration in Climate Change and Health, and a B.S. in Health Science and Environmental Science from Whitworth University. Her graduate thesis examined the health impacts of extreme heat exposure and environmental inequities among outdoor workers. In her free time, you’ll find Bryn exploring the incredible ecological diversity of the PNW on skis or bike, cooking up something new in the kitchen, or playing piano.
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