Ralph Jacobson

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