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Business Journals
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Silicon Valley Business Journal celebrates latest group of 2025 Women of Influence honorees
The Silicon Valley Business Journal is spotlighting leaders making significant impacts across diverse industries in the South Bay. Story Highlights Silicon Valley Business Journal announces second group of Women of Influence. Leaders from diverse industries are honored this year. Winners will be recognized at an awards event on June 26. The Silicon Valley Business Journal is announcing the second group of our Women of Influence class of 2025, which includes prominent business and community leaders from throughout the South Bay who are making the Silicon Valley a better place to live and work. Honorees include leaders from small and large companies, representing health care, real estate, banking, entertainment and more. We will announce the third and final group of winners this week. For more stories like this one, sign up for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters or download our free app. This is the 21st year the Silicon Valley Business Journal has honored the region's most influential women. Previous winners include Y Combinator Co-Founder Jessica Livingston; former Santa Clara County Supervisor for District 2 Cindy Chavez; Westfield Valley Fair Senior General Manager Sue Newsom; San Jose State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson; and United Way Bay Area CEO Keisha Browder. This year's winners will be honored in a special section of the paper and at an awards event on June 26. Watch for more details on the awards event in the coming weeks. The second group of winners is: Jessica Lewis , Partner, WilmerHale , Partner, WilmerHale Shawna Lucey , CEO, Opera San Jose , CEO, Opera San Jose Elnaz Masoom , CEO, Masoom Law Firm P.C. , CEO, Masoom Law Firm P.C. Ritika Mathur , Senior Director, Oportun , Senior Director, Oportun Shilpi Narang , Vice President, Spotnana , Vice President, Spotnana Maureen O'Connor , President, Palo Alto University , President, Palo Alto University Alana O'Grady Lauk , Vice President, Verkada , Vice President, Verkada Teresa Ong , Vice President, Foothill College , Vice President, Foothill College Kathy Reiner , CFO, Truebeck Construction , CFO, Truebeck Construction Georgia Rittenberg , CEO, ComputerCare , CEO, ComputerCare Silvia Scandar Mahan , President, Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School , President, Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School Sarah Schiltz , Chair - Board of Directors, Cancer CAREpoint , Chair - Board of Directors, Cancer CAREpoint Ginger Sotelo , Partner, Spencer Fane LLP , Partner, Spencer Fane LLP Chelsey Souza , Chief Development Officer, Pivotal , Chief Development Officer, Pivotal Priya Swaminathan , Senior Counsel, McManis Faulkner , Senior Counsel, McManis Faulkner Tina Syer , Chief Advancement Officer, Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula , Chief Advancement Officer, Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula Michelle Tansey , CEO, Euro Clinic , CEO, Euro Clinic Keshia Theobald-van Gent , Vice President, BDev Ventures , Vice President, BDev Ventures Erica Valentine , Political & Communications Director, UA Local 393 , Political & Communications Director, UA Local 393 Shamara van der Voort , COO, West Coast Community Bank , COO, West Coast Community Bank Jyothi Vemu , CEO, Futurebytes , CEO, Futurebytes Natalie Walker , Director, WeHope , Director, WeHope Corinda Wong , Director, Gensler , Director, Gensler Alice Zhang , Vice President, Astera Labs , Vice President, Astera Labs Maria Zhang, CEO, Palona AI Check back soon for more about these women, their accomplishments, aspirations and plans. Congratulations to all the honorees! Silicon Valley's Highest-Paid Female Executives Total compensation Rank Prior Rank Person 1 1 Hu, Jean 2 4 Su, Lisa T. 3 8 Porat, Ruth View this list Largest Women-Owned Businesses in Silicon Valley 2023 revenue Rank Prior Rank Name/Prior rank 1 1 TD Thornton Group Inc. 2 1 ASI Corp. 3 3 Stellar Solutions Inc. View this list
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Permit decision for large solar project in Minnesota's Renville County likely by summer's end
Apr. 8---- A decision is expected before summer's end on whether to permit a large solar farm proposed in . The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Department of Commerce hosted the second in-person public hearing for the project in Olivia on March 31, followed by an online hearing on April 1. Administrative Law Judge Kristien Butler said he will issue his findings on the application by the project developer, Ranger Power, on June 2. The Public Utilities Commission will decide in July or August whether or not to permit the project, according to the project's timetable. The environmental assessment for the project is completed and available at the for the project, according to Jessica Livingston, environmental review manager with the Department of Commerce. Go to and search Docket No. 24-106. Ranger Power, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is seeking to develop a 200-megawatt solar energy site. The Gopher State Solar project would erect solar panels on 977 acres of land within a 1,645-acre area of leased property located primarily north of Bird Island in Kingman and Osceola townships and a small portion in Bird Island. Bifacial solar panels that produce electricity from direct and reflected light are planned. They would be aligned to the south and track the sun east to west, said Sergio Trevino, vice president of siting for , in his April 1 presentation. The project represents a $200 million investment in Renville County, according to Trevino. The company representative said the project would provide $32 million in tax revenues to the county and local government units over its project life. It will provide a $79,000 tax impact in its first year while creating 200 construction jobs. At the April 1 hearing, the lone participant to offer comment on the project was Lucas Franco, representing the Laborers' International Union of North America in Minnesota. He offered support for the project and cited the company's commitment to hire local contractors and workers for its construction. Renville County has raised concerns about the project. During discussions at the meeting on April 1, it was also noted that some landowners neighboring the site were present at the in-person hearing. It was stated at the hearing that property values can decrease by about 4% for residences within a half-mile of a solar site, according to the discussions. The visual aesthetics, possible glare from the panels, and possible humming and other noise from the electrical equipment were issues raised at an Oct. 29, 2024, hearing held in Olivia on the project. The Renville County commissioners have expressed concerns that the cost for decommissioning the project could fall on the county if the project fails financially. It is seeking a decommissioning agreement with Ranger Power to provide financial assurance for those potential costs, but the sides differ greatly on what the costs could be. Ranger Power estimates that decommissioning costs could total $1.4 million. The company's estimate is based on expectations of approximately $5.5 million in salvage value for the solar panels and materials and $7 million in costs for removal and site restoration. Renville County maintains that decommissioning costs could total $21 million as there is no way to predict the value of the materials two decades or more in the future. In a letter to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Scott Refsland, director of Renville County Environmental Services, said a company proposing a 125-megawatt solar project in the county estimates the decommissioning costs at $3.3 million to $5 million, or as much as $6.5 million more than Ranger Power estimates for its much larger project. The county is asking that if the project is permitted, language in the permit allow the county to pursue all legal options against the project owner — and, if applicable, against landowners — to recover any decommissioning costs that would become the county's responsibility if an agreement is not reached with Ranger Power. The Gopher State Solar project is one of two large solar projects in the permitting process in Renville County. of Salt Lake City, Utah, a subsidiary of AES Clean Energy, is seeking to develop a 125-megawatt project in an approximate 1,000-acre footprint in Birch Cooley, Camp and Bandon townships and the city of Franklin.
