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THE NEPHELINE GROUP
ENERGY
THE NEPHELINE GROUP: A small minority women-owned business
OUR JOURNEY
The Nepheline Group is all about finding balance in life while providing energy solutions. And one of these things is balance in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are still inequalities in the hispanic and women-minority owned business community. Most women-owned businesses are run by White women (82.8% of all women-owned firms). According to the American Express, 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses, hispanic women only account for 18% of these. The total share of hispanic women in the labor force was 7.5% in 2018. Latina women also experience the worse gender wage gap, earning 46% less than white men and 31% less than white women.
Despite an increasing focus on representation across industries, the gap between workforce participation and leadership presence is wider for Hispanics than any other group in the U.S., and Latina executives report cultural barriers to inclusion. The Nepheline Group seeks to bring light to the issue of inequality and empower minority women to be a part of the energy industry.
OUR FOUNDER
Meet our Founder
Kaila Nepheline Raybuck is the founder and CEO of The Nepheline Group. She has a decade of experience in the energy and utility industry. Kaila Nepheline believes that energy is one of the most important facets that affects our daily lives. In addition to managing energy projects, she volunteers with a cybersecurity non-profit and small micro nuclear reactor non-profit as a marketing specialist. She received special federal recognition from the United States Department of Energy for orchestrating a joint seminar for Federal and Department of Defense leadership and energy stakeholders. Kaila Nepheline is an avid member of Toastmasters International and has been the Vice President of Public Relations since 2019. She was the first place winner of the Washington, DC district speaking contest in 2020. Kaila Nepheline holds a Bachelors in Environmental Studies from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. She makes sure to make space for the things she loves like bouldering, skateboarding & snowboarding, and video editing.
