Joey Lee – 2024 Reflections
2024 was another banner year for NEWIEE!
NEWIEE members frequently rank the NEWIEE chapters as one of the things they most value about their NEWIEE membership. With the addition of a Vermont Chapter earlier this year, NEWIEE now has chapters representing all six New England states.
In 2024, NEWIEE also successfully completed the first round of Peer Circles. The feedback we received from participants was overwhelmingly positive, and we were thrilled with the number of people who participated during our inaugural year. We expect 2025 to be even bigger and better!
2024 was also a year of reflection for NEWIEE in which it looked for ways to strengthen the organization to ensure it can continue its mission of driving greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the energy and environmental fields for years to come and offering value to our members. As part of those efforts, NEWIEE:
- strengthened its finance and accounting capabilities;
- transitioned to a new platform for the NEWIEE Store;
- created a Sustainable Events Committee;
- added a new member to our Advisory Board;
- created an implementation plan for a Fellowship Program aimed at increasing diversity in the energy and environmental sectors;
- began a strategic planning process to guide NEWIEE for the next 3-5 years; and
- retained a business planning consultant to help NEWIEE build a sustainable organizational business model.
Additional information about these and NEWIEE’s other achievements are available in the NEWIEE 2024 Annual Report.
Thank you to our Board of Directors, association management team, members, sponsors, volunteers, partners and supporters for your continued commitment to NEWIEE. I am excited to see what the future holds for NEWIEE!
© 2024 New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE). NEWIEE is a non-profit, tax exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
