Katherine Lucey

Biography

Katherine Lucey is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Sister, a social enterprise that has empowered over 10,000 women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa to bring clean energy to their off-grid communities. Katherine is a Schwab Foundation Entrepreneur of the Year, an Ashoka Fellow, and a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur. She has received recognition and awards for her work with Solar Sister including Forbes “50 Over 50 Women of Impact”, Clinton Global Initiative, Social Venture Network, C3E, and International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Champion of Change Award. She holds an MBA from Georgia State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia. Before becoming a social entrepreneur, Katherine spent over 20 years as an investment banker on Wall Street providing structured finance solutions to the energy sector.