Adam Goff
Special guest
Adam Goff is a Program Director with Renaissance Philanthropy originating philanthropic funds focused on global health and development, such as a fund on nutritional innovations to reduce cardiovascular disease.
Adam was previously Senior Vice President of Strategy at 8 Rivers Capital, where he originated billion-dollar scale energy projects, led tech commercialization strategy, and invented a direct air capture technology. Adam has built and managed technical and policy teams and raised more than $25 million in grant funding. Prior to 8 Rivers, he served as Chief of Staff at the ClearPath Foundation. He was also a guest scientist at Los Alamos National Lab, and a Senior Advisor to Blueprint Biosecurity.
He received a B.A. from Yale University and is based in Washington, D.C.
Adam Goff has been a guest on 1 episode.
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The Interloper with Adam Goff
November 13th, 2026 | Season 1 | 34 mins 34 secs
Adam Goff, Director of Origination at Renaissance Philanthropy, talks about using AI to find big and easy opportunities, like potassium in salt, and reflects on asking good questions as an interloper.