Nicole Ballin

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Overview

Nicole is a co-founder and COO of UpEnergy, a social enterprise that specializes in distributing high quality, affordable energy-efficient products in the developing world. Since its founding, Nicole has led development and implementation of the company's sales and distribution strategy in Uganda resulting in the sale of over 13,000 energy efficient cookstoves in 11 months of operation. Nicole came to UpEnergy with five years experience in the financial sector and has spent the past four years in the social enterprise field, turning her ideas into actions. In 2009 Nicole co-founded a social enterprise called Refill Revolution which was acquired by True2O where Nicole now serves on the Board of Advisors. Nicole holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in International Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.