Erica Weinberger Associate Attorney Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend How did you get involved with WRISE? Women that I work with are active in the organization, and recommended that I join and meet with other women in the industry. What advice would give a woman trying to start her career in renewables? I am […]
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Get to know your 2019 WRISE Leadership Forum Co-Chairs
Get to know your Leadership Forum Co-Chairs: Priyanka Duvvuru Meet Priyanka Duvvuru. Priyanka is on the Investment Team at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, where she focuses her time on evaluating renewable and water infrastructure opportunities. Prior to Stonepeak, Priyanka was a Project Developer at Clean Line Energy, where she worked to develop long distance transmission […]
WRISE Member Profile: Remy Pangle
Remy Pangle WRISE Mentoring Committee Associate Director, Director of Education and Outreach Center for Wind Energy James Madison University How did you get involved with WRISE? I started with WRISE when it was WoWE and I got involved in the mentoring program. I had a very different journey into the wind energy field and I […]
WRISE Opens New Doors for Women in Solar and Wind || Sierra Club Magazine
Growing up, I was a math and science nerd who loved being outdoors. I had great teachers who encouraged me to explore engineering as a path for doing environmental work, and I got excited about renewable energy as a technological solution to climate change. So I went to Cornell to get an engineering degree. Once […]
SEIA’s Women’s Empowerment Summit is headed to Chicago || November 13, 2018
Forums on the importance of workforce diversity and ways for businesses to become more inclusive appear alongside sessions on energy storage and microgrid expansion at conferences. A step forward for diversity and inclusion, opportunities for growth remain in the solar industry. Last Fall, the Solar Foundation reported on industry diversity. Amidst other findings, data shows […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Melinda Baglio
FEATURED WRISE MEMBER Meet Melinda Baglio Head of Acquisitions & General Counsel, CleanCapital WRISE Member, NYC Chapter How did you get involved with WRISE? In 2012 when I was a project finance associate at Chadbourne & Parke, I organized a panel discussion on women in energy. Since I had a personal interest and background in […]
Strengthening Clean Energy with a Diverse Workforce || GreenMoney
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, in combination with a more flexible grid, is more than adequate to supply 80 percent of total U.S. electricity generation in 2050. Children who are currently in elementary school will be in their 40s by 2050, bringing […]
Innovators & Influencers: Erika Symmonds, building a diverse solar workforce || Solar Power World
By Kristen Graf As the solar industry evolves and grows, it is imperative to its long-term success to have a diverse workforce. Having different minds, talents, backgrounds and ideas in the room and at decision-making tables will foster the innovative and creative problem-solving needed for a healthy industry. Unfortunately, as found by The Solar Foundation in its […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Ali Rodrian
FEATURED WRISE MEMBER Meet Ali Rodrian Assistant Project Manager, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc WRISE Member, Ohio Chapter Leader How did you get involved with WRISE? I first met WRISE members at a local AWEA State symposium and was intrigued by the concept of a career building organization that was so specific to the industry […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Jamie Nolan
Jamie Nolan Principal, Nolan Strategic Communications WRISE DC Planning Commitee How did you get started in this field? I started my career working in boutique PR firms on client accounts in diverse industries like real estate and food service, but I was very interested in climate change and wanted to be working in the climate […]