Carla Walker-Miller

Founder & CEO
Walker-Miller Energy Services

CURRENT FOCUS

Carla Walker-Miller is the Founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services (Walker-Miller), a nearly 24-year-old values driven, B Corp certified company that changes lives through energy. The firm’s efforts in energy efficiency and clean energy help decrease the energy burdens on local families and businesses, create sustainable jobs, diversify local energy workforces, and position small business owners to become sustainable suppliers in the clean energy economy.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Carla is a visionary who leads with both empathy and tenacity. Starting Walker-Miller after an 18-year corporate career in technical sales, it has grown into one of the largest African American and woman owned energy waste reduction companies in the country.

A fierce advocate for Black people and people of color, women and historically marginalized communities, Carla operates Walker-Miller through an equity lens to drive benefits of clean energy to all. With one of the most diverse teams in the industry, Walker-Miller designs programs, sources products, trains diverse workforces, researches and develops innovations that drive broad adoption of clean energy practices and behaviors, successfully engaging communities that have not traditionally participated in energy efficiency programs.

The transition to a new low carbon reality is happening right now, and Walker-Miller is positioning historically excluded communities to fully participate in the benefits of this transformation. This participation includes clean energy jobs, new business creation, and investments in healthier indoor and outdoor spaces.

Additionally, Carla founded the Water Access Volunteer Effort (WAVE) Fund in 2003, while serving as a Commissioner for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. The nonprofit has distributed more than $2 million dollars to help nearly 10,000 vulnerable Detroit families maintain access to safe water and sewer services.

EDUCATION/PERSONAL

Carla received her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Tennessee State University. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.