Helenka Hopkins Nolan is a Lecturer teaching International Business at Northeastern University. She teaches courses on international business with a focus on energy, climate and leadership topics. Nolan has been published in The Journal of Business Ethics and continues to examine the use of renewable energy and its impact on financial performance. She has presented research domestically and internationally.
Her industry experience has included the marketing and development of wind power projects for Kenetech Wind Power and market analyst work for EnergyWorks LLC, a company of Bechtel-Pacificorp, where she evaluated and developed wind power projects in the Americas. For two decades, she has provided independent counsel including business development and strategic planning for businesses in the energy space such as strategies for clients to monetize carbon sequestration by their natural resource holdings, also known as carbon offsetting. Currently, she serves as an Advisor at Greentown Labs working with innovative startups.
Nolan holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from the University of Alabama/Georgetown University. She is an active community leader, serving on multiple nonprofit boards in the Boston region.
Education
- BA Architecture, Columbia University
- MBA Strategy, University of Alabama
Selected Publications
- Shin, H., Ellinger, A. E., Nolan, H. H., DeCoster, T. D., & Lane, F. (2018). An assessment of the association between renewable energy utilization and firm financial performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 151(4), 1121-1138.
Selected Presentations
- Stamford University Energy Symposium, Renewable Energy Utilization & Firm Financial Performance
- US Department of Commerce, International Trade Conference, presented Bechtel work on new and renewable energy technologies, La Paz, Bolivia
- Presented “Renewable Energy and Firm Financial Performance” at the Copenhagen Business School conference, Sustainability in the Scandinavian Context
- Panelist/Judge for Business School Diversity Leadership Summit, University of Alabama
Awards and Recognition
- Outstanding Teaching, University of Alabama
- Awarded Culverhouse Sustainability Grant, University of Alabama