TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, S TI - Damali Rhett, interviewed by Roger Eardley-Pryor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2017 ID - 3qqfwse PB - Science History Institute CY - Philadelphia AV - Oral History Transcript 0140RI VL - Oral History Transcript 0140RI AN - Oral History Transcript 0140RI UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3qqfwse AB - Damali Rhett was born in October 1977, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her name derives from a Nigerian praise poem and means “beautiful vision.” As an infant, Damali moved to Washington, D.C. During high school Damali was accepted into Phillips Andover Academy’s Math and Science for Minority Students summer program. Damali attended Dartmouth College, where she majored in social psychology and minored in theater. After college Damali worked in public relations and finance in New York City. Damali returned to Dartmouth and in 2006 earned her MBA from the Tuck School of Business. Then, based in Washington, D.C., she worked for several years as a consultant on energy and utilities. Damali now helps Philadelphians increase their renewable energy use for a sustainable future. In November 2016 she became executive director of the Energy Co-op, a nonprofit and member-owned retail energy cooperative that serves thousands of homes and businesses in Pennsylvania and Delaware. KW - Rhett, Damali, 1977- KW - Women in science KW - Clean energy KW - Environmental policy KW - Renewable energy KW - Sustainability KW - Renewable energy sources--Government policy KW - Minorities in science LA - English ER -