Ally Energy is an online workforce development company for professionals in the energy industry worldwide. The company was founded in 2014 in

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, originally under the name Pink Petro. The company provides career and networking opportunities through listings of jobs and energy-related events. It also provides industry resources, insights and skills development.

History

Ally Energy was founded by Katie Mehnert, an energy executive with various companies and also with the United States Department of Energy on its Equity and Energy initiative. she got the idea for Pink Petro began in 2013. With support from Cindy Patman, a senior director of diversity and corporate affairs at

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and support from

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, she launched an online platform based on cloud enterprise social technology from

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. Then, the CEO of Jive,

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created a partnership to launch the community. Former Houston Mayor,

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proclaimed Pink Petro Day on May 2, 2015 to celebrate with over 300 executives and professionals. with the support of

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and

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. In March 2016, Pink Petro organized the HERWorld Energy Forum, a daylong conference on energy innovation, technology, policy and workforce. In 2017, the first career site for women in energy, Experience Energy, was launched with the platform hosting approximately 500 jobs. In 2020, Pink Petro and Experience Energy were combined and rebranded to form Ally Energy. In 2021, Ally Energy acquired Clean Energy Social expanding its diversity equity and inclusion platform to include analytics that can be helpful to hiring managers. As of 2022, Ally Energy has three councils, ALLY, ERG and ESG. ALLY is for executive CHROs and leaders in energy addressing workforce, ERG is about employee resources groups to address culture, and ESG is for climate and sustainability regulatory executives.

Advisory board

* Adam Quinton,

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, The Muse (website),

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to Holy Cross Energy and former

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to Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs * Peggy Montana,

, former CEO of

Midstream, Board Member Gibson Energy * Lee Jourdan,

, PROS and former Chief Diversity Officer

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* Claire Broido Johnson,

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, President of CBJ Energy,

and

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of USM Maryland Momentum Fund * Christina (Stark) Sistrunk, former

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and President of

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* Lori Feldman, Founder, The Database Diva * Bill Davis,

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, Stance Capital, LLC * Candice Michalowicz, Chief Operating Officer, EDP Renewables

References

External links

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