Raheleh Folkerts Senior Director of Marketing 7X Energy Inc WRISE Board Secretary 2020 Leadership Forum Co-Chair How did you get involved with WRISE? When I moved to Colorado in 2007, a colleague and I rebooted the Colorado chapter as it had gone dormant by the time we were there. I haven’t stopped volunteering since then. […]
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WRISE Member Profile: Meet Jamie Yarmoff
Jamie Yarmoff Project Manager sPower Salt Lake City WRISE Chapter Leader How did you get involved with WRISE? One of my coworkers at my first job was in the local Chicago chapter, and she recommended that I look into it. Especially as a young, new professional looking to expand her network, it opened my eyes […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Erica Weinberger (1000th WRISE Member!)
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Krista Zappone
Krista Zappone Operations and Maintenance Manager Senvion WRISE Member How did you get involved with WRISE? I was first told about WRISE during my time at Northwest Renewable Energy Institute (NWREI). The first part of my career had me very busy, but when I happened to be in Las Vegas during the WINDPOWER 2014 […]
WRISE Member Profile: Meet Tena Monson
Featured WRISE Member: Tena Monson Director of Solar Development Geronimo Energy Twin Cities Chapter Leader How did you get involved with WRISE I was recruited by the then Twin Cities Chair when I first started in the renewable energy industry. I have only worked in solar but was still roped in to WRISE, which was […]