Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers How to solve the EV problem and a jobs problem at the same time
Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp!, was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants, Kameale has always had a focus on environmental sustainability and community engagement.
With over a decade of experience in clean tech, Kameale formed ChargerHelp! with her co-founder, Evette Ellis, to create a reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure. ChargerHelp! uses data to identify and provide maintenance and repair services for electric vehicle charging stations.
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Resources
- ChargerHelp! Partners with Tesla to Support Reliability at Charging Stations
- ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working
- Global Green Skills Report 2022
- Wired article: Broken Charging Stations Could Be Stalling the EV Movement
- Edison Energy article: These two trailblazing entrepreneurs are getting EV charging stations and people back to work
- TechCruch article: ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working
- LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
- Elemental Excelerator
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