The Green Light

Karen Conover helped found WRISE — and in doing so, shaped a generation of women leaders and the clean energy industry itself.

Today, WRISE has 3,000+ members and 47 chapters advancing diversity across renewables. But Karen’s influence goes further: at 29, she launched Global Energy Concepts, a wind power pioneer later acquired by DNV, helping scale wind in the U.S. and abroad.

Two decades later, she’s still mentoring through Repowering Schools — and reflecting on what’s changed and what hasn’t.

In this episode, to mark WRISE’s 20th anniversary, we discuss:

• What it takes to build a company from scratch
• Global lessons U.S. renewables still need to learn
• Why WRISE’s company-wide memberships were a turning point
• Karen’s advice for emerging leaders

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