Professional titles correspond to the time the award was given.

• 2023 – Tracy Babbidge, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• 2022 – Rachel Kyte, Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University
• 2021 – Mindy S. Lubber, Chief Executive Officer and President, Ceres
• 2019 – Lisa Frantzis, Senior Managing Director, Advanced Energy Economy; Managing Director, Navigant Consulting
• 2019 – June E. Tierney, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Public Service
• 2019 – Karen Coyne, Former Vice President and Global Head of Environment, Novartis
• 2018 – Lisa Szewczul, Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, Pratt and Whitney
• 2017 – Marcy Reed, President, National Grid Massachusetts
• 2015 – Judith Nitsch, PE, LEED AP BD+C, Founding Principal and Chairman, Nitsch Engineering
• 2014 – Patricia Stanton, Senior  Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Conservation Services Group
• 2013 – Sue Tierney, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, The Analysis Group
• 2012 – Joan Bok, Former Chairman of the New England Electric System
• 2011 – Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT

Professional titles correspond to the time the award was given.

• 2023 – Shalaya Morissette, Chief, Minority Business and Workforce Division, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy
• 2023 – Jennifer Cullen, Director of Labor Relations & Workforce Development, Vineyard Wind
• 2022 – Marissa Paslick Gillett, Chairman, CT Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
• 2022 – Meg Lusardi, Executive Vice-President, PowerOptions Inc.
• 2021 – Jean Ann Ramey, Founder and Executive Director, Climable.org; Co-Founder and SVP, Synapse Energy Economics
• 2021 – Sheila Dormody, Rhode Island Director of Climate and Cities Programs, The Nature Conservancy
• 2018 – Janet Coit, Director, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• 2018 – Emily Reichert, CEO, Greentown Labs
• 2017 – Anne George, Vice President, External Affairs and Corporate Communications, ISO New England
• 2017 – Meredith Hatfield, Program Officer, Clean Energy, Barr Foundation
• 2016 – Cynthia A. Arcate, CEO and President, PowerOptions, Inc.
• 2016 – Marion S. Gold, Ph.D., Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
• 2016 – Penni McLean-Conner, Chief Customer Officer and Senior VP, Customer Group, Eversource Energy
• 2015 – Sara J. Burns, President and CEO, Central Maine Power
• 2015 – Heather Hunt, in honor of Allison Smith, Executive Director, New England States Committee on Electricity
• 2015 – Nancy L. Seidman, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Air and Waste, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• 2014 – Alicia Barton, CEO, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
• 2014 – Janet Gail Besser, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, New England Clean Energy Council
• 2014 – Elin Swanson Katz, Consumer Counsel, State of Connecticut
• 2013 – Susan Coakley, Executive Director, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
• 2013 – Mary Beth Gentleman, Partner, Foley Hoag
• 2013 – Rebecca Tepper, General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
• 2012 – Sonia Hamel, Consultant to foundations, non-profits, and governments
• 2012 – Edna Karanian, Director, Yankee Gas System Operations
• 2012 – Barbara Kates-Garnick, Former Undersecretary for Energy in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
• 2011 – Nancy Hazard, Former Director of NESEA, Greening Greenfield Campaign
• 2011 – Denise Nappier, Connecticut State Treasurer
• 2011 – Karen Weber, Executive Director of Foundation for a Green Future, Coordinator of Boston Greenfest

Professional titles correspond to the time the award was given.

• 2023 – Cristina Mendoza, Senior ESG Consultant, Sustainserv
• 2022 – Keirstan Field, Project Manager, Petersen Engineering
• 2021 – Eugenia T. Gibbons, Massachusetts Director of Climate Policy, Health Care Without Harm
• 2019 – Emily Luksha, Director, Rates and Revenue Requirements Division, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
• 2018 – Kate Bashford Epsen, Executive Director, New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association
• 2017 – Tamika Jacques, Ed.D., Director of Workforce Development, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
• 2016 – Abigail Krich, President, Boreas Renewables, LLC

The award for individual achievement was presented to Donna Daniels Chief People & Diversity Officer at Ceres as of 2023. In addition to her long history of mentorship and volunteerism, Donna has paved the way for DEI in energy & environment by centering people and integrating equitable measures and accountability structures into already existing HR systems or crafting entirely new systems from the ground up as needed.

The award for organizational achievement was presented to All In Energy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission to accelerate an inclusive clean energy economy by bringing energy efficiency and renewable energy to underserved communities while increasing job opportunities for diverse talent in the clean energy industry. All In Energy serves communities that are diverse and have large environmental justice populations.

At the 2022 NEWIEE Gala, NEWIEE Board Member, Shalaya Morissette, presented Shalanda Baker with a Special NEWIEE Board Recognition Award. As of 2022, Shalanda H. Baker serves as the Secretarial Advisor on Equity and as Deputy Director for Energy Justice in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to her appointment, she was a Professor of Law, Public Policy and Urban Affairs, at Northeastern University.

At the 2021 NEWIEE Virtual Gala, NEWIEE Board Member, Mary Usovicz, presented Marcy Reed with a Special NEWIEE Board Recognition Award. Marcy Reed is the former President of National Grid’s Massachusetts business and Executive Vice President of US Energy Policy & Social Impact. Marcy was joined by her daughter, Hailey Reed, who reinforced her mother’s message to do what you love professionally.

At the 2019 NEWIEE Gala, NEWIEE Board Member, Mary Usovicz, presented Commissioner Cheryl A. LaFleur with a Special NEWIEE Board Recognition Award. Commissioner LaFleur was first nominated by President Barack Obama to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2010 and was confirmed for a second term by the Senate in 2014. She served as Acting Chairman of the Commission from November 2013 to July 2014 and January to August 2017 and as Chairman from July 2014 until April 2015.

At the 2017 NEWIEE Gala, NEWIEE Board President, Beth Barton, presented The Honorable Gina McCarthy with a Special NEWIEE Board Recognition Award. Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, and Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, stirred Gala attendees with an inspiring message about the importance of our continued work in the energy and environment fields.

Professional titles correspond to the time the speech was given.

• 2023 – Maria Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy
• 2022 – Elin Swanson Katz, Director, Office of Public Participation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• 2021 – Gina M. Raimondo, United States Secretary of Commerce
• 2019 – Maria Tikoff Vargas, Senior Program Adviser and Director, Better Buildings Initiative, U.S. Department of Energy
• 2018 – Stephanie Pollack, Secretary and CEO, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Board Member, Massachusetts Port Authority
• 2017 – Maryrose Sylvester, President and CEO, Current Powered by GE
• 2016 – Mary Powell, President and CEO Green Mountain Power
• 2015 – Cheryl Martin, Ph.D., Former Acting Director Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy
• 2014 – Karen Gordon Mills, Former Administrator, Small Business Administration
• 2013 – Cheryl A. LaFleur, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• 2012 – Janet Gail Besser, Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs, New England Clean Energy Council
• 2011 – Marcy L. Reed, President, National Grid of Massachusetts