Women in Commodities 2025: Powering the Future

After 13 years at Bloomberg Media, Alix Steel joins DrivePath Advisors as Principal, bringing a global business perspective, seasoned knowledge of the energy sector, financial reporting acumen, and strategic communication skill that will help DrivePath clients provide the right solutions for their business.

During her tenure at Bloomberg, Alix anchored flagship programs including “Bloomberg Daybreak Americas,” “Commodities Edge,” and, most recently, “Bloomberg: The Close.” In these roles, she interviewed prominent business leaders such as Ken Langone, Lloyd Blankfein, Leon Cooperman, and CEOs from the oil and gas sector, including Darren Woods (ExxonMobil), Mike Wirth (Chevron), and Ryan Lance (ConocoPhillips).

Looking to the future of the energy space, she conducted in-depth interviews with top executives from Orsted, GE Vernova and Constellation in addition to the Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum. She also wrote, produced and hosted a Bloomberg one-hour special, “Shale: The Next Revolution” which explored the history of US shale, the wildcatters in the industry and the burgeoning shale regions globally.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Alix spent five years as a multi-media reporter, anchor and producer for TheStreet.com focusing on global markets and anchored a live trading show, “Morning Call” for T3LIVE.com.

Alix graduated cum laude from Northwestern University earning a BA in Communications and studied business journalism at New York University.

Emily is an Energy Strategist and has been working at Macquarie since October 2022. Prior to Macquarie, she worked at ExxonMobil from 2016 to 2022. She has 6 years of downstream oil industry experience focused on clean products and process engineering. At ExxonMobil, she held a variety of roles: Equipment Engineer, Financial Analyst and Motor Gasoline Coordinator. From 2020 to 2022, she worked as the Motor Gasoline Coordinator at ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery where she organized the production and blending of 300 KBD or motor gasoline. Emily holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Bo Qin leads the research team focused on American Environmental Markets and Weather at BloombergNEF, a strategic research provider covering low-carbon technologies and business model transitions. Her team analyzes carbon policy development and creates tools for forecasting supply, demand, and prices. In addition, the team delivers weather analysis, data and tools for commodity traders and analysts.

She joined Bloomberg in 2015 and has previously led BNEF’s European utility strategy research. She holds a BA in Accounting and MSc in International Business Management from Aalto University.

Nicole is a Natural Gas Strategist at DRW Holdings, where she has served since 2023 with a primary focus on natural gas market fundamentals.

Prior to joining DRW, she was the Market Research Strategist for the natural gas trading desk at TotalEnergies and previously held the position of Senior Research Analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

Nicole holds a Master of Science in Energy Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Texas A&M University.

Emilie Gallagher is the Global Head of Macro Product at Bloomberg LP. In this capacity, she oversees the content, applications, and services within the Bloomberg Terminal, covering FX, Cryptocurrencies, Commodities, and Economics. This includes third-party content acquisition, proprietary content creation, integration and development of Terminal functionality, and strategic partnerships. Emilie is also Global Head of Bloomberg’s Women in Product Community, which focuses on recruiting female talent, developing women product leaders, and driving business impact. In addition, she serves as a member of the Bloomberg Benchmark Oversight Committee. With over 15 years at Bloomberg, Emilie has held a number of sales and market specialist management roles. Prior to her current position, she served as the Head of Americas Corporate and Commodities Sales, where she was responsible for commercial strategy. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.

Madison Solewski manages relationships across the commodity merchant and broker community in the United States. She has been with Bloomberg for over five years and has helped spearhead the Women in Commodities event series in Houston and globally for the past three years.

Madison is passionate about building community and amplifying the voices of women in the commodities sector. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Penn State.

Telia Weisman has been with CME Group since March 2013 and currently leads the Buyside and Commercial Client Development & Sales Teams in the Americas.  She joined CME Group after spending 5 years in Citigroup’s Commodity Trading Business marketing OTC and cleared derivatives to Commercial and Buyside clients. Prior to that, she held trading roles in power and natural gas at AES New Energy and Southern California Edison, where in addition to Term Trading, she built and led a Real Time Trading desk. Telia earned an MBA from Yale School of Management and a BA with Honors in Economics from Randolph-Macon Women’s College.  Telia is also mother to a 13-year-old daughter and a passionate volunteer, spending nine years as a Court Appointed Child Advocate.