John Friedrich – Board Member  

A native of Iowa City, Iowa, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA in Business Administration), John Friedrich moved to South Lake Tahoe in 2005 to join his now wife, Kim Carr. John and Kim have a daughter Rosie, who is set to graduate high school in the spring of 2024.

       Leadership

Since becoming a dad, John has been motivated to do everything he can, politically and otherwise, to help create a better world for Rosie and all children everywhere.

John was elected to the South Lake Tahoe City Council in 2020 and serves on the Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, as well. John also works full time with Momentum, a small business based in Sacramento that works with a variety of corporations, municipalities, ports, and airports to design, develop and deploy renewable energy and zero-emission transportation projects.

John has extensive program and policy development experience in the private, government, and non-profit sectors, with a focus on environmental protection, renewable energy, climate policy, and electrification. He has managed numerous electric vehicle, energy efficiency, and distributed renewable generation programs and has designed and led multiple local, state, and national issue and political campaigns.
John is strongly in accord with Sierra Forward’s commitment to engage with voters across the political spectrum to find common ground to our common challenges.