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Brian Flis

Meet Brian, one of our 2026 Project Vanguard Fellows.

Work Experience

Key Messages & Subject Expertise

Renewable Natural Gas & Waste-to-Value Development

  • Founder and operator with hands-on experience developing RNG and waste-to-energy projects across the agricultural sector.
  • Can speak to how waste-to-value solutions strengthen farm economics while delivering reliable, dispatchable clean energy.

Scaling Energy Ventures from Zero to Exit

  • Co-founded LF Bioenergy, raised $50M in private equity, built multiple assets, and executed a strategic sale to Marathon Petroleum.
  • Credible voice on what it actually takes to scale, finance, and de-risk clean energy platforms.

Capital Formation & Investor Alignment

  • Deep experience structuring projects and businesses that attract institutional capital while aligning farmer, operator, and investor interests.
  •  Able to explain how disciplined execution and governance unlock long-term capital in emerging energy markets.

Veteran Workforce Development 

  • Grounded understanding of how clean energy job pipelines are built—not aspirationally, but operationally.

  • Speaks fluently about skills gaps, training timelines, and employer needs.

All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy

  • How different energy resources complement each other across seasons and demand profiles

  • What states can do to align planning, permitting, and incentives to support diversity rather than favoritism

Energy Security is National Security

  • How grid resilience underpins economic and national security

  • Why domestic energy production, diversified supply, and redundancy are core security assets

Media Samples

Brian Flis

Managing Partner 
RenewAg Advisors

Brian Flis

Biography

Brian Flis is the Founder of LF Bioenergy and Managing Partner of RenewAg Advisors, where he focuses on developing and financing renewable natural gas (RNG) and waste-to-value projects across the agricultural sector. Under his leadership, he raised $50 million of private equity funding for LF Bioenergy, built 7 projects and sold half of the business to Marathon Petroleum in 2023. Through RenewAg Advisors, he continues to advance sustainable agriculture by helping farmers and investors identify, structure, and scale high-impact RNG and waste-to-energy opportunities.

Brian is currently based in Colorado Springs, CO.

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