As the land, energy, and infrastructure sectors evolve, three women at Volta draw on decades of experience, industry relationships, and distinct leadership approaches to navigate an increasingly complex landscape.
Long before an energy project breaks ground, its success can hinge on a decades-old property record, a difficult conversation with a landowner, or a relationship that brings the right people to the table. For Volta, a land services firm supporting energy and infrastructure development, navigating these complexities is central to helping projects move forward.
These are the less visible but essential forces behind land, energy, and infrastructure development. As projects grow more complex and the industry enters new markets, the ability to navigate uncertainty, solve problems, and earn trust has never been more important.
At Volta, Leslie Zackery, Janice Redmond, and Dani Harton bring different strengths to that challenge. Leslie delivers the technical precision and leadership behind complex title and due diligence work. Janice draws on decades of industry experience to connect people, strengthen partnerships, and create opportunities. Dani bridges business development and the realities of land work, turning conversations into relationships and opportunities into practical progress.
Together, they represent the formidable influence of women shaping the land, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Their careers reflect different paths to leadership, but a shared ability to drive meaningful progress through expertise, resilience, and relationships built over time. Their impact is measured not simply by the positions they hold, but by the challenges they overcome, the trust they earn, and the future they are helping build.
Leslie Zackery: Decades of Expertise, a Legacy of Leadership
Before an energy or infrastructure project can advance, a fundamental question must be answered: Who holds the rights to the land, and what obligations or limitations come with them?
The answer is rarely simple. Title examination requires tracing ownership histories, interpreting legal records, identifying competing interests, and establishing the rights attached to a property. Decades-old conveyances, fragmented mineral ownership, easements, and unresolved defects can all affect a project’s timeline, financing, or ability to proceed. Even one overlooked detail can have significant consequences.
As Vice President of Title at Volta, Leslie Zackery has spent decades navigating those complexities. Her career has spanned the changing demands of oil and gas development, the growth of renewable energy, and expanding transmission and infrastructure markets. Each shift has brought new expectations for the professionals responsible for verifying land rights. The work now stretches across projects with different technologies, stakeholders, and development timelines, yet the need for reliable answers about ownership and access remains constant. Leslie has built her career on providing those answers when the records are anything but straightforward.
Leslie’s value extends beyond a command of records. She understands how title issues intersect with project risk and development strategy. When an ownership history is unclear or a discrepancy surfaces, she can distinguish what matters most, identify where further investigation is needed, and help find a workable path forward.
That judgment has earned the confidence of colleagues and clients who rely on her to bring clarity to difficult assignments. Her approach combines accuracy with accountability and the ability to communicate complex issues without losing sight of the larger project. That balance is crucial when a title question requires additional research but the development team needs a clear sense of risk and next steps. Experience helps her know when to dig deeper and when the facts support a decision.
One of Volta’s earliest team members, Leslie, has also helped build the company’s capacity to deliver that work. Under her leadership, the Title, Due Diligence & Document Services division has grown from three professionals to more than twenty.
Scaling a team that handles demanding assignments requires more than hiring. It means developing talent, setting clear standards, and creating a culture where people take responsibility for the quality of their work. Leslie has emphasized precision and responsiveness while equipping others to take on increasingly complex projects. The division’s growth reflects her ability to translate individual expertise into a dependable team, without losing the attention to detail its work depends on.
As land transactions and development models evolve, that combination of institutional knowledge and team leadership matters. Leslie’s legacy is not only the problems she has helped solve, but the expertise she is building in others to solve what comes next.
Janice Redmond: Building Relationships, Advancing the Industry, and Creating Opportunity
In land and energy development, relationships can influence a project’s direction as much as technical expertise. Janice Redmond understands that trust is earned over time and sustained through consistent follow-through.
As Director of Business Development at Volta, Janice brings more than 20 years of experience across project administration, operations, negotiations, stakeholder relations, corporate development, and business development. That range gives her insight into both the challenges clients face and the partnerships needed to address them.
Her strength is not simply knowing people throughout the industry. It’s understanding their priorities, anticipating needs, and connecting them with the right expertise. Rather than treating business development as a series of transactions, she invests in relationships that continue as projects and markets change.
That approach begins with listening. By taking time to understand clients’ objectives and the pressures behind them, Janice can identify opportunities for collaboration that might not be obvious at first. Her long-term view also allows her to remain a resource as individual assignments end and new challenges emerge.
That perspective has also made Janice an active voice in the profession. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and leads a chapter of Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE). Through these roles, she supports industry collaboration and helps create opportunities for the next generation of professionals. Whether participating in industry conversations or connecting leaders across organizations, she draws on an understanding of the sector’s history and the forces reshaping its future.
In 2026, Janice received the Canadian Association of Land and Energy Professionals’ (CALEP) Herb Hughes Memorial Award, the association’s highest honor. The award recognizes outstanding leadership, professional achievement, and significant contributions to the profession, reflecting her longstanding service to the industry.
Mentorship is another part of that commitment. Janice shares her experience, perspective, and professional connections with emerging land and energy professionals, helping them navigate a field whose demands keep changing. Her work supports opportunities for others to contribute and lead, extending the value of the network she has built.
At Volta, those same qualities help her recognize opportunities, understand what clients are trying to accomplish, and bring together the people and capabilities needed to support them. As conventional and renewable energy projects intersect with new infrastructure demands, her broad experience helps bridge different parts of the industry.
For Janice, opening a door is only the beginning. The real work is earning the confidence to be invited back, and using those relationships to create opportunities for others.
Dani Harton: Turning Conversations into Connections and Challenges into Opportunities
For Dani Harton, Senior Manager of Land & Business Development at Volta, important work often begins with a conversation. What sets her apart is knowing what it takes to turn that conversation into progress.
Dani is known for her energy, determination, and ability to connect with people. But behind that approachable style is extensive land-sector experience, including direct work with landowners and stakeholders and the practical challenges that arise during development. She’s comfortable entering an unfamiliar room, finding common ground, and starting the kind of candid conversation that land work often requires. That ability matters when a project involves multiple parties whose priorities and concerns do not always align.
That background shapes how she approaches business development. She understands not just the potential of a new opportunity but also the steps, obstacles, and relationships involved in bringing it to life. She can connect a client’s broader goals with the on-the-ground realities of land work, and flag problems before they grow.
As the industry expands into new markets, Dani has continued building her technical understanding through professional education in renewable energy and electric interconnection. That knowledge adds to her ability to connect traditional land services with emerging infrastructure needs. It also reflects her willingness to keep learning as projects become more interconnected and the questions clients bring to land professionals become more demanding.
Colleagues and clients know her for persistence, loyalty, and a willingness to follow through when projects become difficult. She builds credibility through action, approaching challenging conversations with respect and staying engaged long after an initial introduction. Her leadership follows the same pattern: showing up, doing the work, and treating people with respect throughout the process.
Dani’s strength is seeing both sides of the business: the opportunities ahead and the work required to make them happen. By bringing a land professional’s perspective into business development, she helps Volta pursue growth with a clearer understanding of what clients and communities need.
Different Paths, Shared Purpose
Leslie, Janice, and Dani lead from different vantage points, but their work rests on the same foundation: expertise, accountability, and relationships built to last.
Leslie brings clarity to complex land rights and builds a team capable of delivering it. Janice connects people, priorities, and opportunities across the industry. Dani bridges business development and the practical realities of work on the ground.
Together, they show that progress depends on more than identifying the next project. It requires getting the details right, earning trust, and building the capacity to deliver.
As the energy and infrastructure landscape changes, their influence will be felt not only in the projects they advance, but in the colleagues they develop, the partnerships they strengthen, and the standards they help carry forward.
Long before the next project breaks ground, someone must untangle a title issue, build trust across organizations, or turn a difficult land conversation into a way forward. That is where the next chapter begins.
About Volta
Volta is a full-cycle land and regulatory services company supporting the development of energy and infrastructure projects. With integrated expertise spanning land management and acquisition, title and due diligence, right-of-way, permitting, project management, and stakeholder engagement, Volta helps clients navigate complex development challenges from initial planning through project execution and long-term land management. Serving industries including renewable energy, transmission, oil and gas, data centers, and emerging infrastructure, Volta combines deep industry experience with a collaborative, solutions-driven approach to moving projects forward.
Learn more at www.voltagroupglobal.com
