Marie is a solar developer with a decade of experience in for-profit and non-profit renewable sectors, and another decade in high-tech. An active Equity, Inclusion & Diversity representative, Marie enjoys learning, speaking, and writing on these topics. Her lifetime commitment to community awarded her the honor of Special Recognition for Outstanding Community Service by the U.S. Congress, and was named one of Oakland’s top diverse leaders in the renewables industry. Favorite hobbies include travel, and VERY long walks, while inspiring others to co-create healthy human-to-earth connections. Marie studied Economics, and attended the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Wholistic Living Systems.