Urvi Nagrani is an expert in medium & heavy-duty EV applications, sustainability planning, and the market policy landscape. She was previously Director of Business Development at Motiv Power Systems where she spent over 6 years helping scale the team from prototype to commercial product. There she led all state and federal policy, was the first person to ever secure an electric chassis certification from the California Air Resources Board, and led business development including securing millions of dollars in state grants. Prior to that she worked in the media space working on news publishing at Oximity, children's ebook publishing at Ituary, a film festival at the Center for Asian American Media, and a variety of indie film productions. She has a B.A. in Film & Media Studies from UC Santa Barbara and an A.A. in History from Foothill College.