Dr. Shelley Francis

Dr. Shelley Francis is a public health executive, tech entrepreneur, transportation disruptor, and former medical school professor.  She is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of EVNoire, a consultancy working to advance multimodal e-mobility (or electrification) solutions within electric, connected, shared, and autonomous vehicle technologies. She and fellow Co-founder, Terry Travis, lead a team of engineers, data scientists, urban planners, charging infrastructure specialists, policy experts, and multimodal electrification analysts. EVNoire utilizes their expertise, a human-centric approach, and data-driven frameworks to integrate and amplify electrification best practices and electrification for all communities in the transportation sector. The firm partners with utilities, automakers, the 25 largest cities, along with rural communities, transit agencies, governments, charging infrastructure companies, rideshare and delivery network companies, autonomous vehicle companies, aviation partners, nonprofits, and more to accelerate electrification and decarbonization strategies.

Dr. Francis also co-founded EVHybridNoire (EVHN), an international 501 (c) (3) membership-based organization. EVHN has members across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia who engage and work with communities and key stakeholders, advancing clean transportation.

A recognized national voice, Dr. Francis has advised the White House, U.S. Departments of Energy, and Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and spoken at forums such as VERGE, ACT Expo, ETS, the National E-Mobility Conference, Roadmap and the Essence Festival. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Energy News, the Columbus Times Dispatch, and The Baltimore Sun. She has been named one of the Top Global Women in EVs and serves on several industry boards including the Transportation Electrification Partners,  and GreenBiz’s Transport Advisory Board.