Unique conversations
Tremese Davis is VP of Operations at Nicor Gas. Taiwan Brown is VP of Diversity and Workforce Strategies at Entergy.
The "Equity in Energy" event adopted its keynote address' title "Beyond Ordinary" as its theme. A panel discussion among four diverse subcontractor leaders was inspiring as well. The CEO of Trice Construction, the Presidents of APC Construction and EVS, and the Business Development Director of Blaze Contracting all brought unique perspectives on how they and similar companies nationwide can take on increasing roles in the energy transformation.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: Talk about your backgrounds that brought you to your current positions.
Taiwan Brown: I have an electrical engineering degree. I grew up in the south, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The majority of my experiences growing up were predominantly Black.
Take my schooling. I went to a predominantly Black high school. I went to a historically Black university, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
My first job out of college was at Texas Instruments. TI at that time, was about thirty thousand people. It was a global company. There were people from all over.