Thought Leaders

Rudy D. Garza

President & Chief Executive Officer
CPS Energy

Paul Lau

CEO & General Manager
SMUD

John D. Hewa

CEO
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Emeka Anyanwu

CEO
Lincoln Electric System

Kristen Senechal

EVP Transmission
LCRA

Hala Ballouz

President
Electric Power Engineers

Nancy Bui-Thompson

Board Director
SMUD

Chris Guttman-McCabe

Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
Anterix

Sheri Givens

President & CEO
Smart Electric Power Alliance

David Wade

President & CEO
EPB

Raiford Smith

Chief Utility Innovation Officer
AES

Jeff Wahl

Vice President of Customer Programs
LUMA Energy

Jen Szaro

President and CEO
AESP

Heather Herndon-Wright

Director, Supply Chain Diversity & Sustainability
Vistra

Pat Hohl

Director, Electric Industry Solutions
ESRI

Jarred Metoyer

Senior Vice President / Managing Director Markets and Risk
DNV

Kristian Koellner

VP, Transmission Asset Optimization
LCRA

Venkat Tirupati

Vice President of DevOps and Grid Transformation
ERCOT

Terron Hill

Clean Energy Development Director
National Grid

Angela Ortiz

PSEG
Director ESG & Sustainability

Hebah Bukhari

Research and Content Analyst
Zpryme

David Irwin

Director of Project Development
U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives

Bryan Hannegan

President & CEO
Holy Cross Energy

Ryan Gerbrandt

Chief Operating Officer
Anterix

Carlos Nouel

Managing Director
EY Power and Utilities

Bashir Bseirani

CEO and CTO
Avertra

Shaun Hoyte

Section Manager of Clean Energy Networks
Con Edison

Joyce Deuley

Strategic Project & Communications Specialist
Team b. Strategy

Khalil Shalabi

Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Transformation
Lower Colorado River Authority

Jason Handley

General Manager | Distributed Energy Group
Duke Energy

Peter Muhoro

Chief Strategy, Technology & Innovation Officer
REC

Damali Harding

Principal and U.S. Program Director
Regulatory Assistance Project

Kimberly M. Britton

CEO
Britton Strategies

Amy Atchley

EV Equity Manager
Austin Energy

Erin Autin

Director, Regional Engagement
SELF

Karl Popham

Chair, EV Leadership Council & Founder
Mobility+Energy