![]() There certainly have been no shortage of times in my career where I was the only woman in the room. What was it like to be a woman entering into the clean energy space at the time?Īmanda Bybee: Well, it was a little lonely. I myself also have a liberal arts degree, so I, I understand how it kind of causes more questions than, than provides answers. Jessica Miller-Merrell: I love how specific you were at 21 years old on your mission and what exactly you needed to do. So, I got into it from a desire to really work on the issues that matter so much to me and that honestly still drive my sense of urgency here today with watching the climate crisis unfold in real time around us. And there I had the opportunity to run the Solar Austin campaign, which was a citizen-led effort to really try to nudge the City of Austin and its municipally owned utility into a bigger use of renewable energy. But its Austin Satellite Office focused on energy and the environment. And so, I got, my very first job was with a non-profit organization called Public Citizen, which is a pretty large and well-established consumer advocacy group. And that is the environmental impact of energy, the access to energy that enables education around the world. Because it was less for me about being a teacher and more about really looking at the system of it.Īmanda Bybee: And so I felt like with energy, I could leapfrog my way into working on the types of issues within energy that matter the most to me. But I also saw, that from a selfish perspective, it was going to take me probably 20 years of working my way up through the chain of command and through the different positions to really be able to have the type of effect I would want to have on education. And for me, I’m really passionate about education because I do, I really do believe that that is one of those meta-issues that affects everything else in our, in our world. And so, I asked myself if I, if I was going to line up all the issues facing the world today in order, like a domino chain, what are the first few dominoes that underlie every other problem that we see in the world? And in my infinite 21-year-old wisdom, my answers at the time were education and energy. Jessica Miller-Merrell: Talk to me about your background and how you began working in the solar and clean energy space.Īmanda Bybee: Well, when I graduated from college with my handy dandy liberal arts degree, I asked myself what I wanted to really do with that, and I am a person that needs to feel that my work is meaningful in the sense that it is solving some kind of a problem. Jessica Miller-Merrell: That is quite the introduction. Amanda, welcome to the Workology Podcast.Īmanda Bybee: Thank you so much for having me. #Wrise energy how to#In recent years, she has contributed time and energy to several passion projects, including a Women’s Speakers Bureau with WRISE, an informational website on how to recycle solar equipment at and an industry coalition on diversity, equity, and inclusion called Renewables Forward. Amanda has worked in the solar industry since 2003, and over the course of her career, she has helped launch several cooperatives, including employee-owned cooperative Namasté Solar, purchasing cooperative Amicus Solar, financial cooperative Clean Energy Credit Union and shared-services cooperative Amicus O&M Cooperative. Today, we are joined by Amanda Bybee, CEO of Amicus O&M Cooperative. PIA collaborates with employers and apprenticeship programs to help meet employer talent needs and enable people with disabilities to benefit from apprenticeships that increase their opportunities for lifelong access to high-growth, high-demand jobs. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, or ODEP. #Wrise energy series#Jessica Miller-Merrell: This episode of the Workology Podcast is part of a podcast series powered by the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship, or PIA. Now here’s Jessica with this episode of Workology. #Wrise energy professional#Join host Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of as she sits down and gets to the bottom of trends, tools, and case studies for the business leader, HR, and recruiting professional who is tired of the status quo. Intro: Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader. ![]()
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