The Voices of Energy Katie Mehnert

Bill Davis is the Founder and Managing Director of Stance Capital. Former: Co-Founder and Managing Director, Empirical Asset Management, Portfolio Manager on EAM Sustainable Equity; Founder and CEO of Ze-gen, CEO or founder of numerous companies including: Database Marketing Corporation, Holland Mark, and Cambridge Brand Analytics. Board Member, HoneyDrop Beverages and Mafic, S.A.. Founding Member, President’s Council of Ceres and Advisory Board Chair of Seven Hills Global Outreach. Mr. Davis has taught Environmental Entrepreneurship at Columbia University Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, and guest lectured at Harvard College, Harvard Business School, MIT, MIT/Sloan, and Boston University.

David Reid is the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for NOV. In this episode, David talks about the RedM movement, and his work to support victims of human trafficking. He also speaks about collaboration and the opportunity for change in the renewables space during this critical time.

Anna Dai is the Founder and CEO of Varea Energy, a clean-tech start-up that uses data to optimize commercial and industrial facilities. Immediately after graduating, Anna travelled to Amsterdam to work at a media-tech company, where she realized her calling to start Varea Energy. Varea is a fellow inaugural member of the Greentown Labs Houston location, something Anna and Katie discuss along with the company's work in turn-key projects/software to pinpoint operational inefficiencies.

This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.

SaLisa Berrien is the Founder and CEO of COI Energy Services, a company developing solutions for energy performance and grid optimization. SaLisa has made it her mission to make power access more accessible and equitable across all communities. Her and Katie talk candidly about the Texas grid black-out during February's winter storm and the impact of natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey on energy access for lower income individuals. As severe weather from climate change grows more prevalent, why are grids consistently underprepared and how can we learn from our mistakes moving forward?

This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.

Julie Angus is the Co-Founder and CEO of Open Ocean Robotics, a climate-tech start-up in marine robotics and data analytics. She is the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland and has received several awards in the clean-tech industry. She's an explorer, innovator, and ocean lover with goals to lower carbon emissions and protect marine life through ocean-roaming technology. This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.

Shelby Breger is the Head of Finance and Operations at the climate tech start-up, Via Separations. Before joining the energy sector, Shelby worked at the consulting company, McKinsey & Company, and for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She talks about her roundabout route to climate-tech and the work that Via Separations is doing in process efficiency for industrial sectors. This episode is part of our series, Female Execs of Climate Tech.