Jeff Riles was appointed to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment by Mayor Daniel Lurie on May 23, 2025. Jeff is a Director of Energy Markets for the Americas at Microsoft and is based in the Microsoft San Franciso office. As part of the Cloud Operations + Innovations organization, Jeff leads a team in the Americas that supports datacenter interconnection and energy supply contracts with utilities and third-party suppliers. Additionally, in this role, Jeff leads regulatory and policy strategy development with utilities, regulators, and stakeholders important to datacenter and clean energy infrastructure delivery in the Americas.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Jeff served on the energy team at Google, as part of the business unit that managed energy supply and carbon free energy procurement for their Data Centers. Jeff has also previously worked in Washington D.C., at Enel North America for the renewable energies division and practiced energy regulatory law.
Jeff holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and Oklahoma City University.
Term: June 11, 2025 – May 11, 2029