By: Grace Mott
The Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute is thrilled to welcome our new Communications Manager, Hannah Fisher. Hannah brings experience working with energy and industrial companies on the development and implementation of communications campaigns relating to clean energy deployment, with a focus on hydrogen and other low-carbon fuels. She holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration and Political Science from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. As Communications Manager, Hannah will be supporting the development and execution of REWI’s communications strategy.
What drew you to work at REWI?
Collaboration is key to advancing clean energy deployment, and the work that REWI does connecting diverse networks of energy and wildlife stakeholders, as well as promoting further innovation, is critical to successfully deploying needed infrastructure and scaling renewables. I am excited about this opportunity to support a communications strategy that ensures REWI’s great work is reaching intended audiences for maximum impact.
What experiences and skills from your previous work, professional and academic, are you excited to use at REWI?
My previous work in communications consulting involved working with companies across the energy and industrial sectors to message their decarbonization goals and strategies. I’m looking forward to leveraging skills from that work including media and third-party engagement, community relations, and stakeholder and policy mapping to create targeted communications campaigns that share REWI’s work with relevant audiences and grow public awareness of the organization.
What kind of growth do you hope to see for REWI’s communications initiatives? What are you most excited to work on?
It’s hard to pick what I’m “most” excited about, because I’m excited to work on everything! REWI does incredible, and varied, work and there are great opportunities for messaging the wind and solar projects, highlighting the Fund, as well as generally growing REWI’s reputation and brand awareness.
What are you looking forward to learning about in the world of renewable energy and wildlife?
My experience in energy thus far has been at the intersection of energy and communities – how people engage with energy systems and infrastructure, drawing on first-hand and lived experiences. I’m looking forward to learning more about the intersections between energy and wildlife, specifically the research and systems being developed to understand the impacts of renewable energy systems on wildlife.
What do you like to do outside of work?
I’m a big fan of being outdoors – running and hiking primarily, as well as kayaking and rowing when I get the chance. I’m known to go on a road trip at a moment’s notice, and as a UNC alum I’m also a huge fan of the Carolina Tar Heels and can be found cheering them on at any opportunity.