Meet Your Consultant
Anthony “AJ” Negrelli
Anthony "AJ" Negrelli is a trained engineer and economic development strategist with more than a decade of experience delivering projects across New York, New Jersey, and international markets. As founder of the New York-based consultancy Clay Bridges, he helps public agencies, developers, manufacturers, and communities turn growth potential into project-ready suppliers, skilled workforces, and measurable outcomes — mapping supply chains, developing small and diverse suppliers, and connecting local workforces to industrial opportunity.
Prior to founding Clay Bridges, AJ served as Supply Chain Development Lead at Attentive Energy. There he built supply chain localization programs that helped small, minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses (MWBE/SDVOB) and the local workforce qualify for offshore wind contract opportunities. His efforts included fostering supplier engagement, originating strategic alliances with non-profits, and managing consulting contracts. As a Clean Energy Advisor at The Renewables Consulting Group, he served as Engineering & Quality Manager on the Syvash onshore wind farm in Ukraine, built the offshore wind supply chain database for NYSERDA, and conducted technical due diligence across operating renewable energy assets. He began his career at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, where — through the competitive Siemens Graduate Program — he served as a Deputy Project Manager on the Race Bank offshore wind project, leading technical project management, cost estimating, and cross-functional delivery across the construction campaign.
AJ holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Technical University of Denmark, with a concentration in Management of Sustainable Development. Based in New York City, he applies his supply chain expertise and international project delivery experience to help clients build the supplier networks, local-content compliance, and workforce pathways that drive lasting economic growth.
Why Clay Bridges
AJ founded Clay Bridges on a simple conviction: that the biggest opportunities in the energy transition and industrial economy only create lasting value when local businesses and workers can actually participate in them. Too often, small and diverse suppliers are left on the outside of major projects — not for lack of capability, but for lack of a bridge to opportunity. Clay Bridges exists to build that bridge.