SWAMPSCOTT — Juniors and seniors at the high school will have a chance to learn about careers in renewable energy soon. The Swampscott Renewable Energy Committee is hosting a career symposium on April 24 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at Swampscott High School.
Panelists will include Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Renewable Energy Division Program Coordinator Lesley Maddalena, University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Energy Innovation professor Noah Van Dam, Boston Solar CEO and co-founder Daniel Mello Guimaraes, Tesla North Shore advisor Joe Foti, Revise Energy Director of Sales Matt Hammer, and Energy Allies Program Director Diana Bierschenk Eddowes.
“The diverse panel will illustrate to the students the many rapidly expanding career opportunities that are to be had in this exciting and world-changing field,” a press release from Swampscott Renewable Energy Committee said.
Renewable Energy Committee member Jonathan Davids, said the committee wanted to have people from all different types of careers in the renewable energy field at the symposium.
“We really wanted to showcase to the students that there are a lot of different areas that you can work in to make a difference in this field,” Davids said. “To showcase to the students that this is a real burgeoning field, I think that could really make a difference with some of those students.”
Davids is a Swampscott High School graduate himself.
“The closest thing I had to being exposed to something like this, when I was in high school, was we had an environmental club and that probably did put me in that direction, but in a less direct way,” he said.
Half of the panel time will be dedicated to a question-and-answer session, he said.
“Part of how we’re setting it up is to give a chance for them to ask their questions to the experts,” Davids said.
He expects the students to ask questions about how the field is growing and job opportunities.
“And also what it’s like for some of these people working in different areas doing these jobs, whether they find it satisfying, whether they find it rewarding financially,” Davids said. “I’ll be very curious to see what else they have to ask.”
