Unique Conversations
Theresa Hopkins-Staten is President of the Eversource Foundation and VP of Corporate Citizenship and Equity at Eversource. Consultant Larry Glover is CEO of Glover Group.
How energy and utilities companies show up in their communities takes thoughtful and hard work these days. That is because companies realize the importance of the workforce reflecting those communities in which they serve, and yet it is so much more.
But realizing importance and achievement are two different things, because there are layers involved in equity. Equity involves employees, yes, but all stakeholders in a service territory, as well as weaving together issues surrounding the environment, economics, education, and more.
Public Utilities Fortnightly brought together three experts on equity issues, who have dedicated their lives to this endeavor and have powerful voices on the subject. Listen in on these conversations with Southern Company's Jonathan Porter and Eversource Energy's Theresa Hopkins-Staten, led by Larry Glover.
Larry Glover: At Eversource, you are President of the Eversource Foundation and VP of Corporate Citizenship and Equity. Why was equity added and how is that an important piece of this conversation?
Theresa Hopkins-Staten: I got a call in May of 2021 from our now acting Chief Operations Officer Jim Hunt, whom I reported to, saying, "Theresa, we created this position of Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Equity and Joe Nolan" — who had just become CEO — "said he felt it would be a great position for you."