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Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Walker Reid Strategies and Blue Energy Group Merge to Form Walker Blue, LLC
BOCA RATON, Fla. & LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Walker Reid Strategies and Blue Energy Group, two nationally recognized leaders in energy tax incentives, announce their merger and the formation of a new company: Walker Blue, LLC. Walker Blue, LLC brings together the strengths of both firms to form a unified organization focused on delivering 179D and 45L tax certifications, ITC, domestic content and prevailing wage compliance along with energy engineering services. The combined firm will serve a wide range of clients, including CPA firms, specialty tax consultants, Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), real estate developers, building owners, architects, and engineers. The merger comes at a time of growing demand for energy tax incentive services. The new firm will be led by a combined executive team from both organizations. Josh Howes, formerly CEO of Blue Energy Group, will serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and David Diaz, formerly Managing Partner at Walker Reid Strategies, will serve as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). The leadership team brings deep expertise in both technical delivery and energy tax policy and will guide the firm through its next phase of growth. "The merger of Walker Reid Strategies and Blue Energy Group to form Walker Blue is a strategic alignment that simply makes sense. By combining the strengths of both firms, we're now uniquely positioned to deliver unparalleled service and expertise across 179D, 45L, ITC, prevailing wage compliance, and engineering services. This merger not only enhances the value we bring to our clients, particularly in the CPA and ESCO sectors, but it also cements Walker Blue as the leading energy tax incentive firm in the industry," said David Diaz, Chief Strategy Officer, Walker Blue, LLC. Integration efforts are underway, with a focus on aligning operations, expanding service delivery, and preserving the client-focused culture that has defined both organizations. Walker Blue, LLC will be fully operational mid-July. In the meantime, Walker Reid Strategies and Blue Energy Group will continue to operate under their existing brands but will function collaboratively as one team. Clients may work with either firm and benefit from the combined expertise and services of the newly merged organization during this transition period.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Veteran New York news reporter David Diaz dead at 82
Beloved New York news man David Diaz, who spent his decades-long career delivering the latest to residents across the tri-state area, has died. He was 82. Few details were provided about the veteran reporter's death. According to CBS, he died last week, but a specific timeframe was not available, nor was the cause of death. A journalist for more than 30 years, Diaz started off as a community activist and newspaper reporter before launching his on-air career with the NBC-owned WNBC. After some 15 years with the station, he pivoted to CBS New York, where he worked for another 12 years. During his time in the industry, he covered breaking news events across the five boroughs, including the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001. CBS Evening News anchor Maurice Dubois remembered his former colleague as a 'reporter's reporter' and a 'New York City guy,' who was 'hard scrabble' while still striving to 'bring others up as well.' CBS News New York's Jennifer Jones echoed the sentiment, declaring Diaz a 'legend.' 'He understood New York City like very few journalist know and that was David Diaz,' CBS News New York anchor Mary Calvi added. 'He was a consummate professional, a charming, charming man.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
David Diaz, longtime NYC reporter who worked at NBC 4 and CBS 2, dead at 82: ‘Charming, charming man'
Retired New York City journalist David Diaz who delivered the news to Big Apple residents for decades and was affectionately known as a 'reporter's reporter' died last week, CBS News announced Monday. He was 82. The trailblazing on-air talent covered 9/11, presidential elections and other major breaking news events throughout the five boroughs and nation on NBC 4 and then CBS 2 for about 30 years. Former colleagues remembered him Monday as a mentor always willing to help others. 'A reporter's reporter. New York City guy,' CBS Evening News anchor Maurice Dubois called Diaz in a tribute by the station. 'Hardscrabble, you know, bringing himself up and wanted to bring others up as well.' CBS News anchor Mary Calvi added that the longtime broadcast reporter 'understood New York like very few journalists know.' 'He was a consummate professional, a charming, charming man,' she said. While the cause of death was not revealed, Diaz's family told his former station that he suffered from a form of dementia that made it harder for him to communicate as he got older. The newsman was born in Puerto Rico in 1942 before he moved to Washington Heights in upper Manhattan as a toddler. He graduated from Fordham Prep, then City College and then earned a master's degree at Columbia University, according to CBS. He worked as an activist and print reporter before NBC 4 brought him aboard for 15 years. CBS 2 then hired him where he spent more than 12 years before leaving in 2015. Following his news career, Diaz taught future journalists as a way to give back. He was a lecturer at CUNY where he taught mass media and politics and journalism, according to his LinkedIn profile. Diaz notched five Emmy Awards and was the first Hispanic anchor at a major New York television station, according to a blurb in 2017 by CUNY, which was presenting him with an honorary degree at the time. 'I first met David Diaz when I was a print reporter and we went on a complicated trip to South America and Central America,' CBS political reporter Marcia Kramer said in the station's tribute. 'He was able to take this complex story with multiple, multiple locations and cut in the field and feed a piece back and be on the evening news every single night. He was able to do it and make it look so incredibly effortless.' In 2008, he told the Daily News that he suffered from health issues, including a sinus problem and headaches, stemming from his on-the-ground coverage at Ground Zero following the terror attacks at the World Trade Center. He leaves behind his wife, Andrea, two daughters and a son-in-law.
CBS News
17-03-2025
- General
- CBS News
David Diaz's death touches NYC and CBS News New York. He was the consummate "reporter's reporter"
Television journalist and educator David Diaz, who spent decades covering New York City and the Tri-State Area, died last week at the age of 82. Here at CBS News New York, we were lucky that he shared his remarkable abilities, generous spirit and infectious smile with us and our viewers. Diaz's television news career spanned three decades. He relentlessly pursued the truth, with qualities tough and tender, like the city he loved. The tragedy of 9/11 was reported by him with abundant skill and empathy. "A reporter's reporter. New York City guy. Hard scrabble, you know, bringing himself up and wanted to bring others up as well," CBS Evening News anchor Maurice Dubois said of his former colleague. "He understood New York City like very few journalist know and that was David Diaz. He was a consummate professional, a charming, charming man," CBS News New York anchor Mary Calvi said. "He was a legend," CBS News New York's Jennifer Jones said. Diaz was born in Puerto Rico in 1942, and from the age of 3 he was raised in Washington Heights. He was educated at Fordham Prep, City College, and Columbia University. He had been a community activist and newspaper reporter when he was hired by NBC, where he spent 15 years. He then spent more than 12 years here at CBS News New York. "I first met David Diaz when I was a print reporter and we went on a complicated trip to South America and Central America. He was able to take this complex story with multiple, multiple locations and cut in the field and feed a piece back and be on the evening news every single night. He was able to do it and make it look so incredibly effortless," CBS News New York political reporter Marcia Kramer said. "There was David. You sent him out, you knew you were gonna get the story," CBS News New York associate producer Wanda Prisinzano said. "He did it all, from anchoring, field anchoring, reporting. If you needed something, he was always there," CBS News New York field operations manager Brian Lowder added. Family members say in recent years Diaz lived with a form of dementia that diminished his gifts of communication, but added even as his words faded, his spirit never did. "He was such a mentor. He was a mentor from when I first met him and 1993 and then after he left Channel 2, which was huge loss to journalism in general. Then he wanted to keep helping, so he teaches. I miss him. I know it's a big hole in so many people's lives," CBS News New York anchor and reporter Cindy Hsu added. Diaz is survived by his daughters, Elena, Nina, son-in-law Johnathan and his wife, Andrea.
