Hannun

Kathy Hannun

Kathy Hannun is the Co-Founder and President of Dandelion Energy, a geothermal heating and cooling startup. Dandelion spun out of Alphabet's X lab in 2017 and has become the largest home geothermal company in the United States. Before founding Dandelion, Hannun worked as a Rapid Evaluator at X, Alphabet's innovation lab, where she focused on finding “Moonshots,” i.e., business opportunities that harness technology for large-scale positive impact.

In addition to serving homeowners throughout NY, CT, MA and VT, Dandelion has pioneered more efficient geothermal drilling and installation methods in the US, developed proprietary products to significantly decrease the cost of geothermal, and increased public awareness of geothermal heat pumps through features in media like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fast Company, WIRED, Bloomberg, and Techcrunch.

 Hannun has been recognized as a TED Fellow, one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, one of MIT Technology Review’s “35 under 35,” and as the recipient of a C3E Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering and a MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.