Elena Cahill

Elena Cahill, J.D.

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. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bridgeport, specializing in law and entrepreneurship. She holds a B. S. And J.D. (Juris Doctor) in Finance and Law and is the founder of the University of Bridgeport Student Entrepreneur Center. 

Elena is a warm and engaging speaker, with a wealth of stories and real-world experiences that she shares with her audiences. When practicing law as a Partner at
Tyler Cooper and Alcorn, she worked with large energy clients such as Iberdrola and Southern Connecticut Gas Company, which led to her interest in energy management
and strategy.

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 CT and MA. Her daily responsibilities included financing
and hedging energy products, regulatory matters, developing customer interface, and hiring the management and sales team. Aequitas was sold to a private investment
firm in July 2014.
 

Elena 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.