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In celebration of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, HBK's Women's Employee Resource Group was excited to invite three inspirational leading women in the utility industry to share their journeys to success. It was a perfect evening of food, networking and a thoughtful discussion. We were excited to welcome Najwa Abouhassan from ComEd, Bianca Camarena from People's Gas, and Somali Tomczak from Nicor Gas. Our HBKer and Strive founder and Vice Chair, Susie Othman, moderated the panel.

Our HBK members of the Women's Energy Network Chicago Chapter were so excited to attend the Own Your Own Swag event with gues speaker Mimi Brown. Mimi showsed us how to “Own Your S.W.A.G” with a fun,interactive, high-energy session that pulls back the curtain on how to create an image that speaks to the level of professionalism you need to power up your presence.

Our two HBK Employee Resource Groups came together to kick start the year with a fun event nationwide! All participating offices got together and enjoyed some yummy snacks, great company and the chance to layout their hopes and dreams for 2023.

Team members from HBK and QUES (Quanta family member company) attended electric utility distribution design training at the HBK-QUES office in Lake Mary, Florida, from January 9th -January 13th. This is the second training session that dovetailed into a session for working through the design for a new Work Request for AEP Ohio, one of Quanta’s large utility clients. 

HBK is excited to announce that Eric Bergstrom has been promoted to President of HBK. 

Every year leaders in our sector gather to drive efforts to #changetheratio. 

Several of our volunteers gathered on a Saturday morning to help beautify and prepare a classroom at Erie House's Early Childhood Education site. Volunteers masked up and rolled up their sleeves to help paint, shred, and organize the room. 

Our interns and staff had an amazing time hosting Rise Against Hunger at our Carroll office.
 

To close out our intern program and continue the wave of giving back, we packed over 10,000 servings to feed those in need. Thank you Rise Against Hunger for bringing the energy, excitement, and opportunity to our office.

Rise Against Hunger is growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies.

Thanks to our business partners from the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for hosting this year's Directors Cup Golf Challenge.

We appreciate the opportunity to support businesses and organizations together. 

The GNPCC helps support the business community of Greater Northeast Philadelphia and, in particular, its membership. It helps solve everyday problems that businesses encounter. Through contacts and with other businesses and the government, we strive to give our neighborhoods the support to remain strong into the future.

Our Iowa City employees raced for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois 38th Annual Red Shoe Run & Walk 5K.

The organization is committed to providing services that directly improve the health and well-being of children, while providing a community of comfort and support for families seeking medical care for a child.