Ally Energy

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Ally Energy
FormerlyPink Petro
TypePrivately-held company
IndustryEnergy
Founded2014; 8 years ago (2014)
FounderKatie Mehnert
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
,
United States
Area served
worldwide
Key people
Katie Mehnert (CEO)
Servicessocial media community, careers in energy, diversity and inclusion
ParentCognovi Communications Inc
Websitewww.allyenergy.com

Ally Energy is an online workforce development platform for professionals working and seeking work in the global energy industry. Ally Energy was founded in 2014 in Houston, Texas, originally under the name Pink Petro. Ally Energy seeks to bring people, academics, companies, and other interested stakeholders together in the journey towards a new form of global energy production and consumption that is sustainable,[1] diverse, and inclusive.

The company's website focuses on listing both job opportunities in the energy sector worldwide and promoting upcoming energy-related events. It also provides resources that include career advice, industry insights, skills building, and networking opportunities.

Promoting equity and inclusion in the energy sector is an overall goal of Ally pursued by promoting the involvement of women in energy and the presence of other underrepresented talent pools.

Founder[]

Ally Energy was founded by Katie Mehnert, an energy executive with various companies including Enron, Duke Energy, Shell, Entergy, and BP. She received her education from Louisiana State University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Executive Energy Education, and the Center for Houston's Future.

Mehnert has worked as a managing consultant within the energy industry from 1997–2004 and then joined BP taking on the role of culture, safety, and operational risk following the Deepwater Horizon oil explosion and spill off the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. Mehnert left BP in 2014 and turned her efforts towards improving the opportunities for women in the energy industry[2] by launching the company. In 2020, she was appointed to work with the United States Department of Energy on its Equity and Energy initiative.[3]

Mehnert currently lives in Houston's Energy Corridor with her family.

History[]

The idea for Pink Petro began in 2013, aboard a Boeing 777 from London to Houston when Mehnert laid down her ideas on three cocktail napkins.[4] With support from Cindy Patman, a senior director of diversity and corporate affairs at Halliburton and support from Royal Dutch Shell, she launched an online platform based on cloud enterprise social technology from Jive Software. Then, the CEO of Jive, Elisa Steele created a partnership to launch the community. Former Houston Mayor, Annise Parker proclaimed Pink Petro Day on May 2, 2015 to celebrate with over 300 executives and professionals.[5] with the support of Shell, Halliburton, Jive Software and KPMG.[6][7][8][9][10]

In 2016, the HERWorld Energy Forum began in honor of International Women’s Day. In addition, Pink Petro held its first Annual Energy Forum. The Global Community Council was created–later to become the Ally Council–in order to discuss issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.Pink Petro marked its first year with The HerWorld Energy Forum, on International Women’s Day, hosted at Halliburton headquarters in Houston and live-streamed around the globe.[11][12][13]

In March 2016, Pink Petro organized the HERWorld Energy Forum, a daylong conference on energy innovation, technology, policy and workforce. It was streamed across the globe with local events being coordinated by internal women’s networks at Halliburton, Shell, GE, KPMG, and Enbridge.[14] The conference grew in 2017 and attracted gender expert Josh Levs, media executive, Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, and former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commissioner, Vicky Bailey.

In 2018, the conference featured the first female NFL coach, Jennifer Welter, United States Department of Energy executive, Carol Battershell, and LeanIn.org founder and Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg. During the 2018 conference, Vice President of IHS Markit and CERA Week co-chairman James Rosenfeld expressed concerns to Bloomberg News that HERWorld was taking away from CERA Week which coincided on the same dates.[15]

In 2017, the first career site for women in energy, Experience Energy, was born with the platform hosting almost 500 jobs. The Annual Energy Forum was held with 10,000 people online and an additional ten more corporate members joined the Global Community Council. Emerson teamed up with Pink Petro to support women professionals in the energy industry.[16] In 2018, NES Global Talent joined Pink Petro along with ExxonMobil, Anadarko and Wood Mackenzie.

In 2020, Pink Petro and the Experience Energy brands were retired, and Ally Energy was born. Ally Energy produced 200 online events to thousands during the year and the Voices of Energy podcast was launched.

In 2021, Ally Energy acquired Clean Energy Social[17] expanding its diversity equity and inclusion platform to include analytics that can be helpful to hiring managers.

Advisory Board[]

  • Adam Quinton, Angel investor, The Muse (website), Board Member to Holy Cross Energy and former Adjunct faculty to Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs
  • Peggy Montana, Angel investor, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Midstream, Board Member Gibson Energy
  • Lee Jourdan, Board Member, PROS and former Chief Diversity Officer Chevron Corporation
  • Claire Broido Johnson, Co-Founder SunEdison, President of CBJ Energy, Angel investor and Managing director of USM Maryland Momentum Fund
  • Christina (Stark) Sistrunk, former CEO and President of Aera Energy
  • Terrance McGregor, Vice President Engineering, Olive
  • Lori Feldman, Founder, The Database Diva
  • Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Chief Energy Officer, University of Houston
  • Bill Davis, Managing Partner, Stance Capital, LLC

References[]

  1. ^ The WNET Group. "The WNET Group Examines the Future of American Cities with American Cities Rebuilding 2021 Virtual Conversation Series October 18–22". WFMZ.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  2. ^ Ellevate. "The Energy Gender Gap: Still a Long Road Ahead". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ "Department of Energy Announces Equity in Energy Ambassadors and Champions". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "Katie Mehnert: Foster Industry Communities to Promote Women". Texas Monthly. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  5. ^ Sewing, Joy (May 6, 2015). "Mayor Annise Parker joins the launch of Pink Petro".
  6. ^ Bertie Melinda (March 10, 2015). "Pink Petro Network to Grow, Empower Women in Energy". Rigzone.
  7. ^ "How social technology connects women in the energy industry". Bakken.com. March 26, 2015.
  8. ^ "This industry has even fewer women than tech". Fortune. August 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Energy boards lacking diversity trigger climate worry". Bloomberg. June 9, 2016.
  10. ^ Angela Shah (October 22, 2014). "Social Site Pink Petro Aims to Raise the Energy Industry's XX-Factor". Xconomy.
  11. ^ "Pink Petro Launches HERWorld, a Global Energy Forum". Rigzone. February 10, 2016.
  12. ^ Johnson, Mary (March 1, 2016). "Woman to watch: Pink Petro founder hosts global forum for women in energy". Biz Women – The Business Journal.
  13. ^ Aringoli, Frederico (July 4, 2015). "Una red social para cerrar la brecha en el petróleo". Río Negro.
  14. ^ "Global HerWorld Energy Forum".
  15. ^ "Bloomberg: Oil's Big Male-Dominated Event Asked to #LetWomenSpeak".
  16. ^ "Emerson Joins Pink Petro to Champion Women Professionals in Energy Industry". Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  17. ^ "Houston energy startup makes strategic acquisition, doubles community size". InnovationMap. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

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