Sarah Smiley is director of municipal membership and transaction manager for Energy Improvement Corporation (EIC), a non-profit local development corporation which administers Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing on behalf of its member municipalities across New York State. Sarah joined EIC in 2017 and manages the rollout of Open C-PACE, EIC’s open market commercial PACE program. Sarah works with local governments and community stakeholders to activate this innovative finance tool that can transform buildings through energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy and that encourages sustainable development. In October of 2020, Sarah took on the role of transactions manager, working with Open C-PACE capital providers to facilitate the finance application and closing process.