News Item: AWEA CEO Denise Bode Named Woman of the Year by WCEE

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The Women's Council on Energy and the Environment today awards Denise
Bode, CEO of American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), as Woman of the
Year. Ms. Bode is being recognized for her leadership and
accomplishments in advocating for clean and affordable energy.

 

A press release with further details follows below.

 

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MEDIA CONTACTS:
March  5, 2009

Jayne Brady, 703/625-4292
For Immediate Release

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WCEE NAMES AWEA CEO DENISE BODE WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Clean Energy Advocate Receives Women's Council on Energy 

and the Environment's Highest Honor

                          

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5, 2009 - The Women's Council on Energy and the
Environment today named Chief Executive Officer of the American Wind
Energy Association Denise Bode as its Woman of the Year.  Bode is
recognized for her leadership and accomplishments in advocating for
clean and affordable energy.

 

"I am honored to join the company of accomplished women who have
received this award," said Bode.  "And at this time in our nation's
energy history, I am grateful to have the opportunity to lead the wind
energy industry - a sector that the President has identified as a key
driver for the new U.S. economy.  The wind industry is ready now to lead
the economic recovery and to power growth well into the future as we
progress toward providing 20% of the nation's electricity by 2030.  It's
great to be part of this energy revolution."

 

WCEE cited Ms. Bode's efforts to leverage her expertise to engage in the
national energy debate, her accomplishments advocating for diverse
energy resources and her outstanding career as a public servant in
awarding the honor.

 

"Ms. Bode's contributions in the energy field are highly regarded and
her success in using technology to focus the energy debate is
admirable," said Sharla Artz, WCEE President. "Ms. Bode is a perfect
role model for women hoping to advance in the energy field."

 

Ms. Bode's experience includes service on the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission, as the CEO of the American Clean Skies Foundation, President
of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and on the
staff of then-U.S. Senator David Boren (D-OK) as his legal counsel. Ms.
Bode broadcasts a daily radio program and an online television program
through CleanSkies TV. 

 

Each year WCEE honors a distinguished woman from the fields of energy
and the environment who has herself made a particular contribution to
the advancement of women.  Past honorees include: Linda Fisher, DuPont
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Eileen Claussen,
President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Senator Mary
Landrieu (D-LA), Kathleen McGinty, DEP Secretary for the State of
Pennsylvania, Shelia Slocum Hollis, Managing Partner, Duane Morris LLP;
The Honorable Nora Mead Brownell, FERC Commissioner; Kathryn S. Fuller,
World Wildlife Fund President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

WCEE will present the award to Ms. Bode at a dinner this evening, March
5, 2009, at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

 

WCEE THANKS OUR 2009 SPONSORS

Angel

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exelon Corporation

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Southern Company

 

Sustaining

American Wind Energy Association                               Booz
Allen Hamilton

BP
Bracewell Giuliani LLP

Duane Morris LLP
Energetics

Entergy
Florida Power & Light

Hogan & Hartson LLP
Husch Blackwell Sanders

ICE-Energy
LECG LLC

MESA Power Group
Mirant

NARUC
Navigant Consulting, Inc.

NEI
NCR

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP                         Pepco
Holdings, Inc

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP                            PJM
Interconnection

PG&E Corporation
Project Performance Corporation

PSEG
Schiff Hardin LLP

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
UN Foundation

Van Ness Feldman
Winston & Strawn

 

Individual

Merribel Ayres

Lea Swanson

Nora Brownell

 

 

WCEE is a non-profit, nonpartisan, policy neutral organization whose
mission is to provide educational and networking opportunities for
professionals in the environmental and energy fields. Members include
lawyers, economists, engineers, lobbyists, scientists and other
professionals from the private, public and nonprofit sectors. WCEE was
founded in 1980.

 

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