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WRISEing Trends in Renewable Industries: Registration closes Tuesday! Grab your seat here: bit.ly/WRISEingTrends The WRISE Chicago Chapter cordially invites you to a panel discussion followed by a networking reception. Thursday, April 18, 2024 6:00 – 7:30 pm CT @invenergy | Innovation Hall One South Wacker Drive, 20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 Our esteemed panelists will share insights into: Market trends: VPPAs and beyond Development : climate education/misinformation Supply chain/workforce WRISE Chicago Members: FREE Not-Yet-Members: $10 Registrants will receive a QR code that will need to be shared for entry to the building. Register here: bit.ly/WRISEingTrends Panelists:   Ellen G. Frank-Miller, PhD has spent her 30-year career collaborating with investors, employers, national advocates and community-based organizations to drive positive business impact through improving the quality of frontline jobs. She founded WORC in 2021 to help achieve the vision of a thriving economy where every worker has a job worth having. An organizational scholar by training, Ellen leverages scientifically-validated research, tools, and frameworks to measure correlations between better jobs, human capital KPIs, and financial KPIs to create maximum impact for companies and workers.   Julia Kimmerly has been with Invenergy since 2016 and holds the title Vice President, Renewable Development – Planning and Organization. She supports portfolio-wide planning efforts, training initiatives, and long-term strategy for Invenergy’s onshore North American renewable development group. Julia’s efforts extend outside of her direct team including her leadership in the Invenergy Women’s Network (IWN) and the mentorship program. Laura Neumeister Wright is a partner in the project finance group of the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. She focuses her practice on project finance and development of renewable energy generation projects. She advises sponsors and financing sources, including developers, private equity and financial institutions, in the acquisition/sale, development, construction, operation and financing of wind, solar, storage and other renewable energy assets.   Moderator: Selena Evans is a regulatory and ethics attorney focused on operational risk and change management. She designs, improves and implements risk, compliance and sustainability programs in regulated markets, creating systems that manage risk and ensure agility in an ever more dynamic business environment.   #WRISE #WRISEChicago #VPPAs #climateeducation #climatemisinformation #renewableenergysupplychain #renewableenergyworkforce #womeninenergy #womeninrenewableenergy #womenintech #womeninengineering #womeninleadership #womeninstem #womenofsolar #womenofwind #solarenergy #windenergy #solarpower #windpower #empoweredwomen #empoweringwomen #sustainability