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Award Ceremony
Kleinman Center Event
2021 Carnot Prize Award Ceremony
Friday, April 30, 2021 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Speakers
Sheila Oparaocha
International Coordinator and Program Manager, ENERGIA
Mark Hughes
Founding Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Frederick Steiner
Dean, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Wendell Pritchett
Provost, University of Pennsylvania
Virtual event
The Kleinman Center awarded its sixth Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions in energy policy to Sheila Oparaocha, international coordinator and program manager at ENERGIA.
Event Summary
We are pleased to award the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy to our 2021 recipient Sheila Oparaocha, international coordinator and program manager at ENERGIA, an international network focused on promoting gender equity and sustainable energy.
During her over two decades at ENERGIA, Oparaocha has tirelessly advocated for a more gender-equal energy sector and for women to play a central role in the clean energy transition. Her work has supported women entrepreneurs to grow and run their own businesses in the energy sector and assisted electricity utilities and energy agencies to mainstream gender approaches in their institutions and operations.
Join us on April 30th from 12-1 PM (USA Eastern Time, GMT -4).
Sheila Oparaocha
International Coordinator and Program Manager, Energia
Sheila Oparaocha is the international coordinator and program manager at Energia. She is the recipient of the 2021 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Mark Alan Hughes
Co-Faculty Director
Mark Alan Hughes leads the Kleinman Center as co-faculty director and writes on topics ranging from deep decarbonization to the future of Philadelphia’s energy landscape. He is also a professor of practice at the Weitzman School.
Frederick Steiner
Dean, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Frederick Steiner is dean of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board.

Wendell Pritchett
Provost, University of Pennsylvania
Wendell Pritchett is the provost of the University of Pennsylvania and presidential professor of law and education at Penn Law. Pritchett, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Penn and is an award-winning urban historian, earned his law degree at Yale.