Ralph Jacobson

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Business, Lessons Learned Over 30 Years

geoff greenfield

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in business, lessons learned over 30 years

Ralph jacobson is the chief innovation officer and co-owner at Impact power Solutions (IPS), which he founded in 1991.

Impact Power Solutions develops and installs solar energy systems in Minnesota and Illinois.

Ralph is a member of the Religious Society of Friends, was a founding board chair of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (2009-2019), board member of Cooperative Energy Futures (2012-2018), board member of Minnesota Renewable Energy Society (1990-2010), member of the Just Solar Coalition, board member of Chorus Polaris.

Show Notes

• impact Power Solutions

• Jamez Staples, founder and owner of Renewable Energy Partners (REP)

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

• “socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires” -John Steinbeck

• Red lake tribal nation – The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

• Roxanne dunbar artes – a native history of the united states

• between the world and me - ta-nehisi coates

• The Ages of Gaia - James Lovelock