Kiera O’Brien, a 24-year-old Harvard graduate born and raised in Ketchikan, has some advice for other young Alaskans looking to make a difference in their communities: “Find something you’re passionate about and go for it.”
Kiera O’Brien has some advice for other young Alaskans looking to make a difference in their communities: O’Brien is a 24-year-old Harvard graduate and climate advocate. Her passion for clean energy landed her a spot on Forbes’ “Climate and clean energy are near and dear to my heart, and very excited to see the energy list for Forbes turning towards clean energy in the way that it has,” she said.
She said her childhood in Ketchikan led her to where she is today: working for a green energy developer called “My childhood in Ketchikan really, really shaped what I’m doing today,” O’Brien said. “And Alaska is ground zero for climate change. So clean energy is the future for Alaska.” Her job means she works in Washington, D.C., keeping an eye on federal offshore wind and solar policy.
“I monitor federal public policy — so anything that’s happening on the Hill, happening in the White House, that’s of interest to us, and then I bring the findings back to the company, and try to deduce what exactly that means for our business and our investment decisions,” she said. She’s started two climate-focused nonprofits and worked on the federal auctions that won her company two major offshore wind farm leases worth nearly a billion dollars. That includes the $795 million
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