Jessica Dealy

Jessica Dealy

Join MARCO and the Offshore Wind Regional Collaboration Work Group on Oct. 10 at noon for a webinar on the role of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), how NYSERDA is addressing offshore wind energy and development, and the workforce development tools that they offer. The webinar will feature a presentation by NYSERDA Offshore Wind Team Senior Advisor Jessica Dealy.

The session will be the second installment of a fall webinar series on offshore wind workforce development. The series will feature speakers from academic partners, state agencies, and industry leaders who will share their goals and efforts for helping to bolster local and regional workforce and supply chains. Click here to learn about a Sept. 18 webinar on Atlantic Cape Community College  (N.J.) Wind Training Center. Watch your email and our social media channels for the remainder of the webinars in this series.

The webinar is free and open to the public. Register here to receive a Zoom link. Questions may be emailed to events@midatlanticocean.org.

Presenter Bio

Jessica Dealy is a senior advisor for Offshore Wind with NYSERDA. Her role focuses on guiding the coordination of New York State’s Offshore Wind Workforce Development efforts, with a focus on labor relations and environmental justice. Her work is meant to build racial and gender equity through the labor movement and employer partnerships. Prior to her position with NYSERDA, Jessica spent eight years working for renewable energy developer EDF-Renewables. Most recently, she served as Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind’s external affairs lead. She earned a master’s in environmental geoscience and her undergraduate degree in meteorology and climatology from Mississippi State University, Phi Beta Kappa. Jessica also worked as an award-winning on-air meteorologist and taught news writing as a graduate assistant.

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