Tahrieq Koonce '17
Tahrieq Koonce was captain of Millbrook’s inaugural 8-man football team, a School Year Abroad scholar in Beijing, China, an ardent student in Advanced Honors Biology, and a member of SCAPE (Students Concerned About Planet Earth) and zoo squad. It was no surprise when we caught up with him in March that he has continued to pursue his passions in college while completing a rigorous course of study.
Tahrieq attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he earned a spot as an inside linebacker on their football team his freshman year. He dove into academics and joined a fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, and by his sophomore year he was voted president of their chapter and began managing activities across four different colleges and universities in the city. He double-majored in aerospace engineering and international studies with a concentration in global environment and China, which demands study abroad.
Tahrieq attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he earned a spot as an inside linebacker on their football team his freshman year. He dove into academics and joined a fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, and by his sophomore year he was voted president of their chapter and began managing activities across four different colleges and universities in the city. He double-majored in aerospace engineering and international studies with a concentration in global environment and China, which demands study abroad.
Joining Dominion Energy Ohio as a Commercial Operations intern
in the summer of 2019, Tahrieq learned about both the technical and business sides of the company through broad experience on construction sites, reading gas meters, and shadowing engineers to gain insight into their projects and the thought behind their design. He then joined the Commercial Gas Services Department to work with the manager of Dominion’s renewable natural gas ventures for the state of Ohio.
Tahrieq believes there is no better time to be at Dominion, as they work to shift their culture and hire people who will innovate and embrace change. Certainly, Dominon’s managers saw these qualities in Tahrieq, and we know that as a creative leader with an open mind, he will surely continue to make great changes from within.
in the summer of 2019, Tahrieq learned about both the technical and business sides of the company through broad experience on construction sites, reading gas meters, and shadowing engineers to gain insight into their projects and the thought behind their design. He then joined the Commercial Gas Services Department to work with the manager of Dominion’s renewable natural gas ventures for the state of Ohio.
Tahrieq believes there is no better time to be at Dominion, as they work to shift their culture and hire people who will innovate and embrace change. Certainly, Dominon’s managers saw these qualities in Tahrieq, and we know that as a creative leader with an open mind, he will surely continue to make great changes from within.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE CLASS NOTE ABOUT TAHRIEQ THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMER 2020 MILLBROOK MAGAZINE.
