Gary Rahl

Managing Director
Envisioned and led development of an energy data access platform to support grid modernization clean energy growth in New York
Provided financial, business model and market development analysis to support a regional clean hydrogen hub consortium’s portfolio of 18 projects
Expert in energy transition and navigating public-private collaboration and partnerships
Washington, D.C.
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Gary Rahl is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s U.S. Energy practice in Washington, D.C. He specializes in helping clients navigate public-private collaboration from strategy through implementation to make clean energy, and all that it enables, successful at scale.

Mr. Rahl’s primary areas of concentration include funding and finance strategies, as well as performance improvement in clean and renewable energy, grid modernization, industrial decarbonization, transportation and building electrification, distributed energy resources, energy market enablement and data/digital strategies.​

With more than 30 years of energy consulting experience, Mr. Rahl has worked with public sector and commercial clients on pioneering engagements that have transformed organizational performance and supported market-based progress on the energy transition and climate action. He has worked with clients across various industries, including energy, utilities, renewables, software and federal and state governments.​

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Rahl spent nearly five years with Deloitte Consulting as a Managing Director and over 20 years with Booz Allen Hamilton as an Executive Vice President. He was responsible for building and leading thriving energy and climate consulting practices at each firm, and was successful in igniting growth strategies and market penetration. 

Additionally, Mr. Rahl has been the hands-on leader of marquee ground-breaking engagements to develop a statewide energy data access platform to accelerate growth in a clean energy solution in New York; provide financial, business model and market development analysis to a regional clean hydrogen hub project portfolio; design and gain federal funding for energy efficiency and electric vehicle charging programs in Pennsylvania and Virginia; manage investments in breakthrough energy technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy; originate $10+ billion in energy projects at U.S. military bases; and design and deliver data analytics to support market growth at an energy supermajor.   

Mr. Rahl earned bachelor’s degrees in aeronautics and astronautics and humanities from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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