What's Going On With AABE?

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What's Going On With AABE?

Conversations with African American energy thought leaders and others

  1. 2020/12/17

    Always Bet On Black: Incoming AABE CEO Ralph Cleveland

    On this final episode of season 1 for Always Bet on Black, Paula Glover sits down with Ralph Cleveland (incoming AABE CEO and President) to talk all things leadership, his upbringing and so much more For all things AABE, follow us on social media @AABE About Ralph Cleveland: Over three decades of experience in varied aspects of project, asset, enterprise, corporate, and community development. Seasoned corporate executive with strong business leadership and business transformation skills. Key experience in strategy formation and execution, including associated strategic transactions and the needed due diligence. Highly experienced in production, operations, and operations risk management across multiple industries including having managed all aspects of engineering, design, construction, and project delivery. Key market exposure and business analysis across every region of world. Key industry experience in energy, risk management, technology development and commercialization along with having chief executive experience in various aspects of the natural gas processing, storage, transportation, and distribution. Have led industry groups in many aspects of the energy and power industry value chain.Experienced in community engagement, development, and sustainability including strategy formation, economic development, innovation and entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, economic inclusion, capital formation, workforce development, diversity management, human and civil rights advocacy, and emergency preparedness and disaster recovery.

    1 小时 9 分钟
  2. 2020/12/15

    Always Bet on Black: My Favorite Politician - A Conversation w/ Rick Thigpen

    Paula had the pleasure of sitting down with Rick Thigpen (SVP of Corporate Citizenship at PSEG) to chat all things black leadership, Rick's background on Wall St which led him into politics, and his current position at PSEG For all things AABE, subscribe to this podcast and follow us on social media @AABE www.aabe.org About Rick Thigpen: Richard T. Thigpen was named senior vice president – Corporate Citizenship in July 2018. Mr. Thigpen is also chairman of the PSEG Foundation. He is responsible for areas of the business that drive public policy through advocacy, including federal, state and local government affairs, sustainability, charitable activities and corporate social responsibility. Mr. Thigpen is a member of PSEG’s Executive Officer Group. Mr. Thigpen joined PSEG in March 2007 as vice president –State Governmental Affairs of PSEG Services Corp. He has been a public affairs consultant since 1999 and was a co-founding partner of 1868 Public Affairs, which provides lobbying, strategic planning, public relations and government relations services to clients in New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C. Previously, Mr. Thigpen served as an associate at the New York law firm of Thacher Proffitt and Wood in the mortgage-backed securities practice group (1988 to 1990), was district director for U.S. Rep. Don Payne (NJ-10) (1990 to 1996) and executive director of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (1996 to 1999). He also has served as a political analyst for New Jersey Network and as an academic associate for PublicMind, Fairleigh Dickinson University Polling and Survey Research Institute. Mr. Thigpen also was a former assistant to the president of the NAACP State Conference for Public Affairs. He is currently a member of the boards of the Regional Plan Association, the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, New Jersey Television, the Brown University Alumni Association and the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. He also is a member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy’s national board and chair of the Legislative Issues and Public Policy Committee. Mr. Thigpen holds a Doctor of Law degree from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Brown University.

    1 小时 21 分钟
  3. 2020/11/12

    Always Bet On Black: What is a Leader? - A Conversation w/ Robert Wilkinson

    AABE CEO Paula Glover is back with another episode of Always Bet on Black, this time sitting down with Robert Wilkinson, Professor in Leadership at Harvard. In this episode, Robert and Paula dicuss all things leadership: what makes good leaders, how we ALL are really leaders, and how you can grow and become a leader. This fascinating conversation leaves you with 3 credit hours at Harvard (double check us on that) for listening all the way through! For all things AABE, subscribe to this podcast and follow us on social media @AABE www.aabe.org About Robert Wilkinson Robert Wilkinson teaches courses on negotiation and leadership, specializing in team and group dynamics.  He is on the faculty at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and was previously a faculty member of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Rob successfully supports numerous Fortune 500 companies, major government agencies, international organizations, and charities, helping them to build their negotiation, leadership and team management skills, and to increase their overall effectiveness. He has more than 25 years of experience, in over 50 countries, across the public, private and not-profit sectors. Non-profit and public sector clients include the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Wildlife Fund, National Urban League, US Postal Service, CARE International, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the White House, where he trained Presidential Appointees in negotiation, management and leadership. Corporate clients include companies such as Deloitte, Chevron, IBM, Merck, Fidelity Investments, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thermo Fisher Scientific and many others. Previously, Rob worked overseas for 15 years, on a variety of international projects. This included spending three years in Rwanda working with Hutu and Tutsi communities, two years working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Angola, and 18 months in Laos, consulting on a variety of community development programs. He began his overseas work in Nicaragua, in both Sandinista and Contra areas. Rob earned his Masters of Science (MS) from Stanford University, and Bachelors of Science (BS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

    1 小时 7 分钟
  4. 2020/11/05

    Always Bet On Black: Being the Change - A Conversation w/ Shannon Pierce

    AABE CEO Paula Glover is back with another episode of Always Bet on Black, this time sitting down with Shannon Pierce (Vice President Growth and Chief External Affairs Officer for SouthStar Energy Services. This conversation starts by learning more about Shannon, why she studied law, how the energy business found her (not the other way around) and how to be the change we want to see in our companies. For all things AABE, subscribe to this podcast and follow us on social media @AABE www.aabe.org About Shannon Pierce: Shannon Pierce is Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer for SouthStar Energy Services, part of the Southern Company family of componines Since joining Southern Company Gas in 2004 as regulatory counsel for the company's legal activities with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pierce has held additional leadership roles with increasing responsibility. Prior to her current position, she served as vice president of external affairs for the southern operations division of Southern Company Gas, where she was responsible for regulatory and governmental affairs for three natural gas utilities: Atlanta Gas Light, Chattanooga Gas and Florida City Gas. In addition, she led engagement efforts with retail natural gas marketers in Georgia. In previous roles, Pierce also served as Southern Company Gas senior counsel for gas operations and interstate transactions; as well as southern operations managing director of regulatory affairs and marketer services and vice president of state and federal regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Southern Company Gas, Pierce was an associate in the energy and utilities group at McGuire Woods LLP, based in Richmond, Va.

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  5. 2020/10/29

    Always Bet On Black: Lifelong Friendship - A Conversation w/ Frank Reynolds

    Paula Glover (CEO of American Association of Blacks in Energy) is back for another awesome conversation with her friend of over 25 years, Frank Reynolds, President of UIL Holdings which oversees multiple nation and state wide power infrastructure. They chat Frank's time in the US National Guard, the many twists and turns his career took, how to balance patience with aggression, and again touch on the value of mentorship (common Always Bet On Black theme). If you laugh half as many times as they did, it was a successful episode! For all things AABE, please visit us at www.aabe.org. Follow us on all social platforms @AABE. Show Resources: Frank Reynolds: Frank Reynolds began his utility career in operations and administration at Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas, where he served as the assistant to the CEO during the merger of those companies with Energy East. His subsequent assignments included serving as Vice President of Asset Management and Planning for Avangrid Networks, and prior to that as Vice President of General Services for Iberdrola USA. A Connecticut native, Reynolds holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of New Haven and a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology from Central Connecticut State University. He has completed executive course work at Iberdrola’s School of Management, the Ross School of Business and at Wharton. In addition to his service with the Army National Guard, from which he retired in 2004 after 20 years, Reynolds previously served in both board and advisory capacities with the Urban League of Rochester, N.Y., Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Rochester and on the Advisory Board of Roberts Wesleyan College, also in Rochester. He is currently on the Advisory Board at the University of New Haven.

    1 小时 47 分钟

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