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Carla Walker-Miller
Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services
Carla Walker-Miller is the founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services. The first Black-owned company in Michigan to obtain B Corporation Certification, the firm works to decrease energy burdens on families and businesses, create sustainable jobs, diversify the workforce and position small businesses to become suppliers in the clean-energy economy. Walker-Miller’s work has been featured in Black Enterprise, Essence Magazine and Forbes, among other publications. Founder of the Water Access Volunteer Effort fund, she is a member of the Detroit Means Business Coalition, Building Performance Association and Neighborhood Defender Service national board. Walker-Miller’s honors include the Max M. Fisher award for outstanding philanthropist and being named the American Association of Blacks in Energy 2022 entrepreneur of the year.
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In the fight against climate change, we’ll need to electrify everything we can: cars, stoves, trucks, heat pumps, and buildings. In the process, we’ll lower emissions and ener...