Women in Climate Meetup - JANUARY 2025

​​This is a monthly virtual (via zoom) meetup for women who work in, or want to work in, climate and the energy transition.

​​We will use a Lean Coffee format, where we co-create the agenda real-time and get through the topics that are most interesting to the group. Each month we'll pick an industry learning theme and a jobs related theme to focus on.

​JANURARY 2025'S LINE UP AS FOLLOWS:

​Room 1:  Building home and grid resiliency 

​Guest: Tori Villarreal is the head of government affairs at Base Power Company, an Austin based start up building a reliable and affordable home backup battery network across the state. Tori has worked in public policy for 8 years, starting her career in the Texas Senate as a policy analyst. Following her time at the Capitol, she served as a government affairs manager for Constellation Energy Generation. In addition to her currently role,  she is also getting her JD from St. Mary’s University. 
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​Room 2: Wildfire firefighting and mitigation 

​Guest: James Sedlak is a former wildland firefighter who currently leads business operations at Kodama Systems, a startup automated ways of managing forests. James fought fires for three seasons from 2018-2020 for the Eldorado National Forest and worked on climate resilience programs in the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Sierra Business Council, and the Great Basin Institute.

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​Look forward to seeing you in 2 weeks!

​Yin and Leone