Brunilda Weber

Background

Bru Weber brings a wealth of diverse experience with a focus on renewables, supply chain and construction. After graduating from UNC Asheville with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in economics, she joined Volvo Construction Equipment. She worked in various commercial roles during her ten-year tenure with Volvo CE and served as business development manager for their oil and gas division.

Following her time at Volvo CE, she turned her sights to renewables and is now a solar veteran with over ten years of experience in developing and constructing solar infrastructure. She currently serves as chief commercial officer at Blue Ridge Power, one of the largest solar EPCs in the country. There, she has helped navigate the unprecedented supply chain disruptions of the last three years from COVID to policy changes impacting solar panel imports. She played a key role in ensuring major equipment still arrived on time to ensure business continuity as well as served as an advocate for the solar industry through the major trade organizations, SEIA and ACP. Prior to joining Blue Ridge Power, she served as Vice President of Pre-Construction for Pine Gate Renewables, where she had responsibility over procurement, performance engineering, estimating and safety. She has a passion for servant leadership and enjoys mentoring and coaching her teammates.

In 2017, she founded Balsam Homes LLC, a residential homebuilding business building green homes across Buncombe County, North Carolina. She ran that business profitably for three years before returning to the solar industry. She is a licensed GC in North Carolina and also has a Master of Business Administration from Western Carolina University.

Bru has been happily married to her husband Luke for over 15 years, and they have two young children. Originally from Puerto Rico, cooking and spending time with family is her love language and how she likes to spend her free time.

Research Interest

Her research interest resides in operations management, and she hopes her experience will serve as a foundation for those studies.