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By
Kerry-Ann
Hamilton
University
News
January 31,
2011
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Howard
Alumna Appointed
to California
Energy Commission
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Rhodes
Scholar and
alumna Carla
Peterman (B.A.,
‘99),
an emerging
leader on
issues related
to the environment
and public
policy, was
recently tapped
by Gov. Jerry
Brown to serve
on the California
Energy Commission.
The commission
is the state’s
primary energy
policy and
planning agency.
Peterman initiated
environmental
work while
on Howard’s
campus. As
an undergraduate,
she co-founded
the Howard
University
Environmental
Society.
“Carla
has made a
significant
mark on Howard
University,”
said George
Middendorf,
a graduate
professor
of biology
and a mentor
to Peterman.
“I am
thrilled about
her most recent
accolade,
and I know
she will be
tapped for
something
even bigger
in the near
future.”
In 1999, Peterman
earned a Bachelor
of Arts in
History from
Howard. She
was Howard’s
first American
Rhodes Scholar.
While at Oxford,
she earned
a Masters
of Science
in Environmental
Change and
Management
and a Masters
of Business
Administration.
Currently,
Peterman,
32, is a doctoral
candidate
at the University
of California.
Her interests
include renewable
energy technology
innovation
and climate
change. Her
dissertation
focuses on
the effectiveness
of market
transformation
activities,
such as subsidies,
on the U.S.
Solar Photovoltaic
(PV) market.
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She has co-authored
a series of
Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory
publications
on cost and
deployment
trends in
the United
States. She
also serves
on the board
of directors
for The Utility
Reform Network.
Peterman advises
students not
to count themselves
out of opportunities.
Instead, they
should spend
time trying
to visualize
the positions
they want
in the future.
In an interview,
she recounted
“lying
on the benches
on top of
the undergraduate
library, overlooking
the Valley,
saying to
myself, I
am a Rhodes
Scholar.”
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