AWE Boardmember Julie Parsley Named One of Austin’s Best CEOs
ABJ Staff – Austin Business Journal – Oct. 3, 2019 Imagine in your mind’s eye a Central Texas nonprofit — do you think of an electrical utility providing power to…
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New CEO takes over at Hill Country power provider Pedernales, one of nation’s largest co-ops
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Inc., the Johnson City-based electricity provider that supplies swaths of the Hill Country and Austin suburbs with power, has a new CEO — the first woman to…
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In Remembrance of Karen R. Johnson
One of our esteemed AWE Board Members, Karen R. Johnson, passed away on June 5, 2016. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, caring mentor, and dear friend to many.…
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Rare Gem: Building TerraFina Energy Into One Of America’s Biggest Woman-Owned Oil Companies
“You know, little girl, I’ve been watching you,” the longtime oilman said to Marsha Hendler. “You get this business; you need to be an operator.” Some women would have taken…
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#ChangePays: There Were More Male CEOs Named John than Female CEOs
The New York Times noted that “fewer large companies are run by women than by men named John” in an article published in 2015. “The Johns” were in second place…
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Operating a Smarter Grid: Embracing New Ways to Go Unnoticed
BY: ERICA ZIMMERER • DIRECTOR OF GRID MODERNIZATION 08/12/2019 SILENT HEROES: The best electric utility distribution employees are those that the customers never know. Utility employees have spent generations solving…
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