2021
Technology, Telecom & Media
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Carolina Gallo

Vice President Government and institutional relations Canada, HITACHI ABB Power Grids Canada

Both at her day job and other positions at organizations throughout Canada, Carolina is driving campaigns to advance sustainability. She has been involved in teams building diversity and inclusion policies for the Maritime Link, promoting electrical infrastructure to decarbonize cities as Chair of the Canadian Urban Transportation Research Innovation Consortium, and working with First Nations to establish microgrids, like the Fort Chipewyan microgrid/battery storage/solar project with ATCO and 3NE. Carolina ensured industry support for the Pan Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration and Integration Trial promoted by CUTRIC, the first project in the world to design, develop, and integrate batter electric buses with charging systems that can operate interactively with different industry OEMs.