The Voices of Energy

Scott Marshall, Senior Group Director for the People Team in the Americas at Worley, sits down with Katie Mehnert of The Voices of Energy to talk about the workforce of the future, energy transitions, and more.

Scott's journey started when he enlisted in the US Marines. After enlisting for eight years, he returned home to Louisiana, where he applied for an electrical supervisor position and, ultimately, was hired as a recruiter for the company. Scott shares his experience early in his career and how joining JACOBS Energy, Chemicals, and Resources, which Worley later purchased, helped solidify his passion and emerging career in the HR sector.

Scott and the Worley team's unifying voice emphasizes its overall values and behaviors, focusing on being stronger together through teamwork and caring for employees' physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

Scott wants to encourage more leaders to have conversations about the development of people in the workforce. He is part of several organizations that help address these challenges, including the Houston Livestock and Industrial Craft Committee - which brings industry professionals into high schools - and the Upscale Houston Committee, which connects education, business, and the public sector.

Scott's leadership at Worley is rooted in the idea of creating a culture of purpose and togetherness where employees can excel and create tangible change in the world.

Carolyn Comer is the Chairman of Shell Trading Risk Management and President of Shell Energy Americas. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in commercial environments, building high-performance teams.

A 25-year veteran of the energy industry, Carolyns speaks about her journey into Shell and her passion for trading, how she has seen the company embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion over time and shares her experiences on when she has faced doubt in her career.

Carolyn Comer discussed her experience in the energy industry and how Shell is working towards a net zero emissions future. She highlighted initiatives such as taking over naming rights for Houston's Major League Soccer stadium, providing renewable energy to it, and collaborating with customers and policymakers on energy transition. Carolyn emphasized the importance of creating a more inclusive environment where people can find meaning and purpose in their work. Finally, she encouraged leaders to take on a learner mindset when approaching this monumental challenge of transitioning to cleaner energy sources.

In this episode we are joined by Caitlin Tessin, VP of Strategy and Market Innovation at Enbridge here in Houston, Texas.

Caitlin spearheads a team that specializes in new energy investments focusing on emission reduction activities and new lines of business such as renewable natural gas, hydrogen and carbon capture. In this interview though we discovered quickly her drive and ingenuity for mentoring women and rising stars in the industry. We also had the opportunity to speak with her about her role within Enbridge’s “INCLUDE” program for diversity and inclusion.

This is an episode to share with friends, colleagues and beyond. Enjoy!

In this episode of The Voices of Energy, we are joined by Kimberly Border, Advisor of Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion at Ovintiv.

Ovintiv Inc. is a hydrocarbon exploration and production company founded in Calgary, Alberta and is headquartered in Denver, CO. Under its previous name Encana was the largest energy company and largest natural gas producer in Canada

Kimberly is an inclusive and collaborative leader with experience in organizational and leadership development, change management, planning and HR advisory work. She is passionate about development and coaching and is an Erickson Certified Professional Coach.

In preparing for this episode, we discovered her passion for the upcoming generation of engineers, scientists and talent coming into the energy workforce, as well as scrubbing the stigma attached to oil and gas industries, or the “big bad scary oil companies” and the emerging realization that you can be an environmentalist and work in energy.

Can’t wait to dive into that one!

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Timestamps

0:50 Guest, Kimberly Border, introduced

3:51 Kimberly shares about herself and her background.

5:23 What drew Kimberly to the space of diversity and inclusion.

6:36 Looking at the upcoming generation in the workforce

10:45 The concerns of young professionals entering this industry

14:28 Reframing the perceptions of career paths.

19:42 Being an environmentalist while working in oil and gas.

22:36 Engaging others in this conversation.

Guest: Kathy Eberwein

Company: Global Edge Consultants/Doyenne Initiative Focus

Topic: Doyenne Initiative

We are joined by Kathy Eberwein, Founder and CEO of Global Edge Consultants. Kathy started Global Edge Consultants in 2008 with the vision of building global business, to drive it forward at high levels, while maintaining the “small business” feel. Preserving the very fundamentals that built these businesses in the first place. People.

The Global Edge team consists of international recruitment specialists, operating on every major

continent, with the vision to become the agency of choice in the international recruitment arena. From her world-wide experience and travels, the Doyenne Initiative was born. Kathy started this non-profit with the mission to positively impact women around the world, elevating them to an expert level in their field. Doyenne means “a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field” For these women, the goal at least is, for them to reach their maximum potential to then become leaders and role models who influence their communities, countries, families, and generations to come.

This is a powerful movement and one we knew our listeners needed to hear.

To learn more about the Doyenne Initiative, visit https://www.doyenneinitiative.org

Bill Davis is the Founder and Managing Director of Stance Capital. Former: Co-Founder and Managing Director, Empirical Asset Management, Portfolio Manager on EAM Sustainable Equity; Founder and CEO of Ze-gen, CEO or founder of numerous companies including: Database Marketing Corporation, Holland Mark, and Cambridge Brand Analytics. Board Member, HoneyDrop Beverages and Mafic, S.A.. Founding Member, President’s Council of Ceres and Advisory Board Chair of Seven Hills Global Outreach. Mr. Davis has taught Environmental Entrepreneurship at Columbia University Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, and guest lectured at Harvard College, Harvard Business School, MIT, MIT/Sloan, and Boston University.

David Reid is the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for NOV. In this episode, David talks about the RedM movement, and his work to support victims of human trafficking. He also speaks about collaboration and the opportunity for change in the renewables space during this critical time.

Anna Dai is the Founder and CEO of Varea Energy, a clean-tech start-up that uses data to optimize commercial and industrial facilities. Immediately after graduating, Anna travelled to Amsterdam to work at a media-tech company, where she realized her calling to start Varea Energy. Varea is a fellow inaugural member of the Greentown Labs Houston location, something Anna and Katie discuss along with the company's work in turn-key projects/software to pinpoint operational inefficiencies.

This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.

SaLisa Berrien is the Founder and CEO of COI Energy Services, a company developing solutions for energy performance and grid optimization. SaLisa has made it her mission to make power access more accessible and equitable across all communities. Her and Katie talk candidly about the Texas grid black-out during February's winter storm and the impact of natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey on energy access for lower income individuals. As severe weather from climate change grows more prevalent, why are grids consistently underprepared and how can we learn from our mistakes moving forward?

This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.

Julie Angus is the Co-Founder and CEO of Open Ocean Robotics, a climate-tech start-up in marine robotics and data analytics. She is the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland and has received several awards in the clean-tech industry. She's an explorer, innovator, and ocean lover with goals to lower carbon emissions and protect marine life through ocean-roaming technology. This episode is part of our Female Execs of Climate Tech series.