Friday, June 18, 2010
Forty under 40 Class of 2010
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
As general counsel, Pamela Ann Joe guides her venture-backed technology company through the many legal and financial issues that challenge the alternative-energy industry.
She also is a guiding force in the industry. She was a member of a legislative working group that developed alternative-energy initiatives for the state. And she represents the sole concentrating solar power stakeholder in an ongoing effort to develop guidelines for the state’s Feed-in-Tariff Renewable Energy Incentive Program.
Outside of work, Joe provides legal services to startup business and nonprofits either pro bono or at reduced cost. She also volunteers with the Hawaiian Humane Society, Aloha United Way and the Kam Society, a Chinese cultural organization.
At work, she encourages her co-workers to reduce their impact on the environment. One such initiative is “Fossil Fuel Free Fridays,” when employees are encouraged to find alternative means of traveling to and from work rather than using their cars.