Ava Community Energy
Cassandra Dreher is a skilled content strategist currently employed at Ava Community Energy since May 2024. Prior to this role, Cassandra served as a Senior Content Strategist at Reforge from March 2021 to April 2024, where efforts focused on building and scaling Artifacts, the new professional network. Cassandra's diverse experience includes positions such as Manager of Content Strategy and Content Strategist at Compadre Media Group, where responsibilities included managing production workflows and overseeing the release of the documentary "No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics." Additional experience encompasses freelance video production and editing, as well as various roles at Citizen Film, Women's Premier Soccer League, and San Francisco Film Society. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Vassar College and attendance at Queen Mary University of London.
Ava Community Energy
Ava Community Energy (Ava), formerly East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), is the local, not-for-profit electricity supplier powering Alameda County and the City of Tracy (electricity service to the Cities of Stockton and Lathrop will begin in 2025). Ava provides clean, green energy at low rates to our 640,000 customers. We reinvest earnings back into the community to create local green energy jobs, local programs, and clean power projects. Ava member cities include Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Stockton, Tracy, and Union City. The unincorporated areas of Alameda County (including Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, San Lorenzo, and Sunol) are also served by Ava.