{"588592":{"#nid":"588592","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Carbon Conscious Series Presents: Luke Wilkinson,\u00a0Silicon Ranch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and the\u0026nbsp;Energy Club at Georgia Tech welcomes Luke Wilkinson, Director of\u0026nbsp;Business Development - Regional Markets, Silicon Ranch.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolar Partnerships: Delivering Meaningful Community Legacies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELuke focuses on project origination with specific focus on managing projects through all of the different aspects of a project\u0026rsquo;s development lifecycle, from concept to completion. Responsibilities include creating opportunities in new markets, finding and acquiring land for speculative projects and developed projects, providing the development group with project financial analysis, and general marketing outreach and services. Luke helped develop the first utility scale project with Georgia Power in Social Circle and was the lead developer on the Hazlehurst projects totaling 100 MWac. Before working for Silicon Ranch he spent three years working for MSCI as a social responsibility investment energy analyst. He earned an MBA with a focus in sustainability management from Vanderbilt\u0026rsquo;s Owen Graduate School of Management and his Bachelor\u0026rsquo;s in Public Policy from Duke University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/ZFqyPCDetbFQeouJ2\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlease RSVP here.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business was founded\u0026nbsp;in 2013 to act as a catalyst and connector, bringing together\u0026nbsp;students, research faculty, companies, and entrepreneurs to\u0026nbsp;create an environment where business-driven solutions to\u0026nbsp;sustainability challenges can take shape and thrive. In all,\u0026nbsp;Scheller provides students unparalleled breadth in environmental\u0026nbsp;sustainability, ethics, corporate social responsibility, social\u0026nbsp;entrepreneurship, and values-based leadership.\u0026nbsp;The Energy Club at Georgia Tech seeks to inspire and prepare the\u0026nbsp;next generation of individuals knowledgeable in the complex\u0026nbsp;interaction energy-related world. We strive to bring together the\u0026nbsp;technology, policy and business of the energy landscape to better\u0026nbsp;understand the issues and contribute to the dialogue. We offer a\u0026nbsp;great opportunity to get involved and network with many\u0026nbsp;influential energy leaders on campus and across the country. The\u0026nbsp;interdisciplinary nature of the topic ensures that there is\u0026nbsp;something for everyone in the club. We cater to all majors and\u0026nbsp;both graduate and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESolar Partnerships: Delivering Meaningful Community Legacies\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Solar Partnerships: Delivering Meaningful Community Legacies"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-03-10 19:30:45","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:24","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-04-10T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-04-10T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-04-10T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-04-10 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-04-10 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-04-10 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news-events\/events\/event.html?event_id=b8e4bf427f00000156f8a56051d5b34b","title":"More Information"},{"url":"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/ZFqyPCDetbFQeouJ2","title":"RSVP to Attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167089","name":"Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"173719","name":"carbon conscious business series"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kjersti.lukens@scheller.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKjersti Lukens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}