The Power of US: Women Shaping What's Next Together

Tickets: $50 Non-member / $25 WCS Members, WRISE Members, and Solar SisterWCS Members: Register hereInterested in becoming a member? Learn more hereGet the WCS Access Pass for free members-only events, free virtual events, and discounted in-person events for only $9.99/monthCarpool with Crewz! Save time, money & CO₂ · Find a ride → What becomes possible when powerful communities of women come together? Join women from across clean energy and climate tech for an evening of inspiration, connection and joy, culminating in a collaborative conversation about how we can strengthen one another and our collective impact. Program: A moderated panel – bringing leadership together from the major groups, WCS, Solar Sisters, & WRISE Bay Area.“What’s next?” an interactive workshop so attendees can crowdsource ways we can collaborate in this next phase of clean energy and climate tech.Networking – food, fun, drink. Co-Hosts and Partners: Abby Hopper of Solar Sisters Abigail “Abby” Ross Hopper is an energy policy leader, attorney, and founder of GEM Advisory and Solar Sisters, a community supporting women in clean energy. She serves as a Distinguished Industry Fellow at Dartmouth’s Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. Previously, Abby led the Solar Energy Industries Association as president and CEO from 2017 to 2026, helping advance the growth of U.S. solar and storage. Her career also includes directing the Maryland Energy Administration and the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Solar Sisters is a community for women and gender-diverse people working in clean energy, built around three pillars: connection, growth, and service. The moment you say you’re a Solar Sister, you are. An initiative for women and gender-diverse people in clean energy. Free, always. Glenna Wiseman of Permission to Bloom Glenna Wiseman is the founder of Permission to Bloom, where she helps leaders and teams navigate change with greater clarity, trust, and purpose. A longtime renewable energy marketing executive and entrepreneur, Glenna brings 20 years of clean energy leadership experience spanning brand strategy, stakeholder engagement, organizational growth, and cross-functional collaboration. Her work integrates practical business strategy, Systemic Team Coaching, purpose activation, and assessment tools that help organizations understand and strengthen the human infrastructure needed to execute what matters most. Through advisory work, facilitated conversations, and practical tools, Permission to Bloom helps leaders clarify what matters most, surface what is happening inside the team system, and strengthen the human infrastructure needed to move critical priorities forward with more clarity, capacity, and momentum. Julia Murphy of WRISE (Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy) Bay Area Julia Murphy is a Commercial and Investment Executive in the cleantech climate space, working both as an Investor and a Developer. She founded a Waste-to-Energy development company, building projects from poultry to renewable natural gas (RNG). As SVP of Strategic Partnerships at Nature Energy (a Danish Biogas Company), she worked with Fortune 100 Food and Beverage companies and Utilities to build co-digestion in the US and sold Nature Energy to Shell for €1.4B in 2022. At Brightmark, she led European development of the Plastic Renewal Business and led acquisitions for the organics-to-RNG business. Previously, Julia built a sustainable investment company, Ultra Capital, and was MD of Origination. At Babcock & Brown, she was Treasurer of a $2B private equity/ infrastructure business. After business school, she spearheaded the $9B refinancing of Pacific Gas & Electric in 2004. On the WRISE Board, she leads the Events Team. She is passionate about helping and promoting women in the industry. Julia has an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in biology from Occidental College. WRISE…