Raye Elliott is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of FLIPP Inc, a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Dillwyn, VA that exists to reduce employment barriers for disadvantaged populations and to empower low-income communities with renewable energy training. Raye serves as a board of director, on the boards of the VA Career Works-Piedmont Region-Workforce Advisory Board, the Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance (VA-REA) and the Virginia Energy Efficiency Council (VAEEC). She is also the Chairwoman of the VAEEC Workforce Committee and Co-Convener of Virginia’s Planning District 14 Re-Entry Council. Raye holds a master’s degree in information technology, has a background in Hydropower with the US Army Corps of Engineers, and vast experience in construction and Federal Government contracting from her time with the Georgia Department of Defense. Raye recently designed a renewable energy worker-centered sector strategy that was grant funded in 2023 by the United States Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration just shy of $2 million, and more notably skyrocketed FLIPP Inc's annual revenue from under $50,000 to more than $2.3 million within ten months of being appointed as the Executive Director in 2022.
She has led FLIPP Inc to be the 2023 recipient of the Community Climate Collaborative’s (C3) “Energy Equity Award” & the United States Green Building Council-Virginia Chapter’s 2023 “Community Impact Organization of the Year Award”. Raye believes in an “equity in energy” industry strategy, being a great bridge for the barrier-ridden, returning to the workforce, and the under-employed individual that needs meaningful employment within the rapidly growing renewable energy industry.
Outside of work and when she is not advocating for others, Raye enjoys spending time with her family in Buckingham County, VA, traveling the world, playing tennis and exploring the woods on long walks with her beloved Akita, Drayco.
