For Natalie King the journey toward executive leadership began with the search for a new stream of income. At the time, she was a corporate lawyer looking to build a foundation for entrepreneurship.

“I had just taken on a solar distribution firm as a new client and so I was learning about the solar field. My then husband had a business mentor who owned part of a solar company and recommended we look into a similar venture. We began researching and it just took off from there.”

Today, King is Founder and CEO of Dunamis Clean Energy Partners, a certified minority-owned DTE supplier and technology, manufacturing and engineering firm focused on energy efficiency and environmen....