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Duke Energy SVP Peter Toomey talks about utility industry transformation

Posted on May 12, 2016February 13, 2025

In this EDGE Chats video, Duke Energy’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Peter Toomey, talks about the transformation happening in the utility industry and how Duke Energy thinks about managing talent amid this industry change.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Posted in Industry InsightsTagged Duke Energy, EDGE Chats, electric utilities, energy future, video

Duke focuses on Women in Energy

Posted on March 25, 2016February 13, 2025

Across the energy sector, women make up less than 30% of the workforce.  In some energy companies, the percent of women is even lower.  And in the upper echelons of the board room and C-suite, it is lower still–women make up fewer than 5% of board seats at many industry companies. There are lots of […]

Posted in EventsTagged careers, Duke University Energy Initiative (DUEI), events, extracurricular, Katie Kross, women in energy

Key skills for the energy sector leaders of tomorrow

Posted on March 3, 2016February 13, 2025

by Steve Hicks, Associate Director for Education, Duke University Energy Initiative Do you have to be able to convert BTUs to kilowatt-hours and write poetry to work in the energy sector? To many Duke students, it often seems like the energy industry requires a daunting combination of both technical and managerial skillsets. Further, the industry […]

Posted in CareersTagged careers, Duke University Energy Initiative (DUEI), skills, Steve Hicks

Dan Vermeer discusses business response to climate change

Posted on March 3, 2016

Dan Vermeer, Executive Director of the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) and Associate Professor of the Practice at Fuqua School of Business discusses how leading companies should respond to the threat of climate change in a new video.  Climate change trends present very real risks to companies, but as Vermeer sees […]

Posted in Industry InsightsTagged climate, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Dan Vermeer, energy, Jim Rogers, sustainability, video

Rising star Lisa Ganderson reflects on energy entrepreneurship

Posted on February 11, 2016February 13, 2025

Duke alumna Lisa (Huber) Ganderson, Senior Associate for Investments with GE Energy, was recently named to the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30 in Energy” list.  Lisa graduated from Duke’s MEM/MBA joint degree program in 2014. We asked her to share her thoughts on energy technologies, entrepreneurship and her career in this Q&A. What got you […]

Posted in Student & Alumni ProfilesTagged alumni, careers, energy, energy finance, entrepreneurship, MEM/MBA, oil & gas, technology, VC, venture capital, women in energy

Video: “A Bright Future: MBA Career Options in the Energy Sector”

Posted on January 12, 2016February 13, 2025

Executives from across the energy sector share their perspectives on MBA career prospects in a new video from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. “It’s a tremendously exciting place to work and develop a career,” says Rebecca Kujawa, a Duke alumna who is Vice President of Business Management at NextEra Energy Resources.  “The opportunity to […]

Posted in CareersTagged careers, Duke University Energy Initiative (DUEI), electric utilities, energy, energy finance, GE, NextEra Energy, NRG Energy, renewable energy, video

Turning a commitment to the environment into a career

Posted on January 11, 2016February 13, 2025

EDGE managing director Katie Kross is driven by the desire to help connect students who have a passion for changing the world with rewarding career options that let them do just that.  Many of the students she speaks with go on to careers in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability consulting, impact investing, and clean energy […]

Posted in CareersTagged careers, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental, Katie Kross, MBA, sustainability

Outlook on energy careers in 2016

Posted on January 7, 2016February 13, 2025

The energy sector has been the focus of dramatic change in recent years—from the shale gas boom to the ups and downs of the renewable energy market to the tumultuous drop in oil prices in the last year. These sector upheavals have brought uncertainty in the market, but they haven’t dampened enthusiasm for leadership careers […]

Posted in CareersTagged careers, energy finance, jobs, Malcom Riley, oil & gas

Mitch Jackson discusses sustainability at FedEx

Posted on December 29, 2015February 13, 2025

Mitch Jackson, Vice President of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at FedEx, talks with Duke University’s Dan Vermeer about implementing sustainability in a company as a large and complex as FedEx in this EDGE Chats video.  The biggest opportunities for sustainability, he says, lie in finding value-add ways to integrate it into the business strategy.   […]

Posted in Industry InsightsTagged corporate social responsibility (CSR), EDGE Chats, FedEx, Mitch Jackson, sustainability, video

Trends in the solar market: John Morrison, COO of Ecoplexus, shares insights

Posted on December 9, 2015February 13, 2025

In this EDGE Chats video, John Morrison, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the solar developer Ecoplexus, shares his perspective on the future of solar, including regulatory drivers, technology trends, and hurdles for the industry.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Posted in Industry InsightsTagged Ecoplexus, EDGE Chats, renewable energy, solar, video

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