Ventureprise Alumnus DeAndrea Salvador Named in the 2019 Class of Influential Leaders
UNC Charlotte alumna DeAndrea Salvador ’13 is one of 33 business school graduates honored by AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education alliance—in the 2019 Class of Influential Leaders. This annual challenge recognizes notable alumni from AACSB-accredited schools whose inspiring work serves as a model for the next generation of business leaders.
Salvador, who completed a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Belk College of Business, is founder and CEO of Renewable Energy Transition Initiative (RETI) and JouleScout. She has brought recognition to the issue of energy poverty locally, nationally and globally through RETI. She leads change within the energy sector, especially for low-income families affected by high energy burdens. In January 2018, she was selected as a TED 2018 Fellow—an honor earned by only 20 people worldwide. Her TED talk, “How We Can Make Energy More Affordable for Low-Income Families,” presented in April 2018, was featured on the TED.com home page. Salvador was recognized as a UNC Charlotte Outstanding Young Alumna in 2018, and she is a 30 under 30 award-winner of the Charlotte Black Chamber of Commerce. Among the 2019 Class of Influential Leaders, Salvador is the only honoree from the UNC System.