Mike Kennedy leads Interfaith Power and Light’s 2024 Faith Votes Campaign after managing their 2022 campaign and coordinating our 2020 campaign’s volunteers. Before providing services to several business clients in recent years, Mike served as director of Florida operations for MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates, executive director of the Bradenton (FL) Downtown Development Authority, and director of discipleship at Harvest United Methodist Church. Mike also coordinated the launch of the Solar and Energy Loan Fund’s “Southern+ Climate Equity Accelerator” in 2023. In its first year, the accelerator helped 16 emerging green lenders across the South access technical assistance, loan capital, grant opportunities, and more. A native of Pittsburgh, he lives in Florida where he enjoys spending time with his family, supporting his favorite soccer and baseball teams, and pondering the meaning of life.