ELENA CAHILL is an attorney, educator, business executive, investor, and entrepreneur. She is a respected thought leader and energy industry consultant with decades of hands-on experience.She serves as Director of the Ernest C. Trefz School of Business College of Engineering, Business, and Education at the University of Bridgeport, a post she has held since 2018. In 2009, she founded Globelé Energy, LLC, a women-owned professional energy service firm located in New Haven, CT. Globelé Energy benefits the commercial and industrial sector by providing customized solutions for energy conservation, efficiency and generation services, outsourced energy management and auditing services, and energy procurement services for both electricity and natural gas.She was also the CEO and Founder of Aequitas Energy, Inc., a deregulated electric supply company licensed in Connecticut and Massachusetts.Cahill is a current member of the Association of Energy Engineers, the Town of Branford Ad Hoc Energy Committee, CTNext Higher Education Innovation Advisory Board member, and a Board member of the Entrepreneur Foundation and the Connecticut Consortium of Entrepreneur Educators. She is a prior board member of the Connecticut Power and Energy Society.