Upnext Careers in Energy: Career Conversation Kira Ventura Ashby '05

Kira Ventura Ashby ’05 is the Senior Program Manager for Behavior at the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), where she has worked for the past 7 years. Kira graduated from Middlebury as a Spanish major with minors in Environmental Studies and Psychology. She holds a Master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, where she studied behavior change programs that target nutrition and physical activity behaviors. In her current role, Kira helps energy efficiency program administrators apply the same social science-based techniques used successfully in disciplines such as public health to promote more efficient energy usage behaviors. Prior to joining CEE, Kira worked at the Harvard Prevention Research Center and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.