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American businesswoman and entrepreneur

Carla Walker-Miller is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur, and Detroit booster. She is the founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services.

Early life and education

Walker-Miller has said she chose engineering as a career due to her concerns about how to afford college, so she chose a profession that had the best earning potential without an advanced degree. She received a full scholarship and completed a BS in civil engineering from Tennessee State University in Nashville.

Career

Walker-Miller founded Walker-Miller Energy Services in 2000. Before the Great Recession, she sold a wide range of energy equipment, similar to the work she had done for an engineering firm before founding her own company. She then shifted her business towards offering energy-efficiency evaluations, and Walker-Miller Energy Services made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies five times between 2007 and 2016. As CEO, Walker-Miller has also adopted a $15 minimum wage and a policy against the exclusion of people with a criminal history from employment.

In 2014, she was selected to participate in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, and received intensive training. She has since credited the program with helping the success of her business. As of 2018, company contracts include utility companies in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.

In 2020, she was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees at The Henry Ford.

She also is a public speaker.

Honors and awards

Personal life

Walker-Miller has twin sons.

References

  1. ^ Martin, Raven (21 August 2020). "Carla Walker-Miller". Detroit Regional Chamber. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ Damico, Rachelle (May 13, 2018). "How energy entrepreneur Carla Walker-Miller turned her frustration into a business opportunity". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gallagher, John (March 25, 2018). "The backstory of a black female entrepreneur's rugged path to profit". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. Sherman, Laura. "Energy efficiency has been hit hard by COVID-19; don't question its merits". Utility Dive. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ Meyer, Anna. "Carla Walker-Miller". Inc.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. "Small business owners take next step". MSNBC. September 18, 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2021. Carla Walker-Miller and Markeith Weldon are both graduates of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, and they join Morning Joe to discuss.
  7. Abbey-Lambertz, Kate (September 18, 2014). "Michael Bloomberg: Detroit Is Just Like 1970s New York, And That's A Good Thing". HuffPost. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. AlHajal, Khalil (April 3, 2019). "Warren Buffett to Detroit small businesses: 'You're in the right city'". MLive. Retrieved 1 April 2021. Posted Sep 18, 2014
  9. The Henry Ford (September 30, 2020). "Linda Apsey, President and CEO, ITC Holdings Corp. and Carla Walker-Miller, Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services, join The Henry Ford Board of Trustees". Yahoo!Finance. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "CARLA WALKER-MILLER". 50 Black Women Over 50. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. Christopherson, Matt (4 March 2021). "Metro Detroit Women, Linda Orlans and Carla Walker-Miller, Honored in Southeastern Michigan Business Hall of Fame". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  12. Adams, Susan (December 21, 2017). "How Carla Walker-Miller Survived Corporate Life And A Startup Crash: 'By Crying A Lot And Being Stubborn'". Forbes. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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