“I’ve never seen as much alignment as there are in electric vehicles today.” Katie Sloan on Green Connections Radio podcast
As President Biden launches a massive infrastructure bill, including support for electric vehicles, listen to Katie Sloan, Director of eMobility at Southern California Edison, on how this would work. She’s the focal point for electric vehicle adoption in the most populous state in the U.S. (This was recorded shortly before the pandemic.)
You’ll hear:
- What drives EV adoption – from incentives, to design, to confusion
- How they plan to achieve their goal of getting 7 million EVs on California roads by 2030 – and lessons for other states.
- What role federal and state financial incentives play – and what happens when they are in flux.
- How they are preparing for the impact of more EVs on the grid.
- Great career advice…and more!
“The main thing I would suggest is just do it, don’t ask for permission to make it happen. Don’t wait to be asked. People will see you getting things done.” Katie Sloan on Green Connections Radio
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- Mary Powell, CEO of Green Mountain Power utility and a major innovator in the sector.
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Joan Michelson, MBA is a highly accomplished business leader and award-winning strategic social impact and ESG – environment, social, governance – leader, who drove breakthrough results at Chrysler (in EVs), American Express and Deloitte, small businesses, and government agencies. She is an instructor on ESG issues to professionals, leaders and board members across industries. Her specialties include leveraging ESG solutions and partnerships strategically for maximum benefit, helping organizations recruit innovative, diverse women, and helping these women thrive in their careers. She is based in the Washington D.C. area.
Joan is also an accomplished journalist who has worked with top media organizations and hosts and produces the acclaimed Electric Ladies podcast (formerly known as Green Connections Radio), about innovation and leadership in energy-, climate- and sustainability-related issues across industries, featuring women experts.
She writes regularly for Forbes on these issues and has also been in the Harvard Business Review, HuffPost, TheAtlantic.com, Greenbiz, The New Economy magazine (distributed at the World Economic Forum), New Thinking magazine, regional business journals; and various other media. She coproduced segments with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” ABC News, and “The Crusaders,” and television specials on NBC.
Joan has spent her career working in energy-sustainability-climate-ESG issues and in marketing communications, including as head of communications and co-leader of the sales and marketing team of Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), driving “best year ever” growth and significantly accelerated the adoption of electric vehicles. Prior to GEM, she led marketing communications efforts to high-net-worth and high-visibility clients in management consulting-financial services companies Deloitte and American Express. She's a native of NYC and has a BA from UCLA, an MBA from Baruch College at City University of NY, and post-graduate studies at Harvard Business School, The New School and The Aspen Institute, among others. She has a Sustainability and ESG certification from Competent Boards.
