Thought Leaders
Henk Rogers
Founder & CEO
Blue Planet Alliance
Jackie Sargent
General Manager
Austin Energy
Rudy Garza
President & Chief Executive Officer
CPS Energy
Steve Smith
VP, Sales
SEW
Paul Lau
CEO & General Manager
SMUD
Cengizhan Yenerim
VP/Head of Risk
ENGIE
Nancy Bui-Thompson
Board Director
SMUD
John D. Hewa
CEO
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Emeka Anyanwu
CEO
Lincoln Electric System
Ann Delenela
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Entergy
Stuart Nachmias
President & CEO
ConEd Transmission, Inc
Kristen Senechal
EVP Transmission
LCRA
Eric Dresselhuys
CEO
ESS inc.
Hala Ballouz
President
Electric Power Engineers
Bryan Hannegan
President & CEO
Holy Cross Energy
Mark O. Webb
Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
Dominion Energy
Kelly Barr
Chief Strategy, Corporate Services, and Sustainability Executive
Salt River Project
John Miri
President & CEO
Electric Grid Cybersecurity Alliance
Lon Huber
Vice President, Rate Design and Strategic Solutions
Duke Energy
Gary Brinkworth
Director of Enterprise Research & Technology Innovation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Karl Popham
Chair of the Electric Vehicle Leadership Council
Founder | Mobility+Energy Consulting LLC
Erin Autin
Director, Regional Engagement
SELF
Frankie McDermott
Chief Operating Officer
SMUD
Abhay Gupta
CEO & Founder
Bidgely
Amy Atchley
EV Equity Manager
Austin Energy
Lorraine Akiba
President & CEO
LHA Ventures
Kimberly M. Britton
CEO
EPIcenter
Damali Rhett Harding
US Managing Principal
The Regulatory Assistance Project
Angel Lance
Founder and CEO
Motive Power
Anita Ledbetter
Executive Director
Build San Antonio Green
Peter Muhoro
Chief Strategy, Technology & Innovation Officer
REC
Jason Handley
General Manager | Distributed Energy Group
Duke Energy
Khalil Shalabi
Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Transformation
Lower Colorado River Authority
Navneet Trivedi
Co-Founder and COO
Vrinda
Jason Rodriguez
CEO & Co-Founder
Zpryme
Joyce Deuley
Director of Research & Innovation
Zpryme
Shaun Hoyte
Section Manager of Clean Energy Networks
Con Edison
Adrian Rodriguez
President, Texas & New Mexico
Xcel Energy
Andrew Higgins
Board Chair
Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TXETRA)
Dylan Lockwood
Senior Editor
Zpryme
Dwayne Stradford
Managing Director | ENRA Strategic Initiatives
AEP
Ricky Murray
Senior Director of Social Strategy
Doer/Maker
Bashir Bseirani
CEO and CTO
Avertra
Ashley Nicholls
Co-Founder & Chief Strategist
Doer/Maker
Carlos Nouel
VP, Transformation Programs
National Grid
Scott Bolton
Senior Vice President, Transmission Development
PacifiCorp
Quinn Parker
Founder & CEO
Encolor
Cheryl Mele
VP, Customer Care & Corporate Communications
El Paso Electric
Tatianna Cannon
Executive Director
Solar Austin
Maria Kretzing
Head of Innovation
Bidgely
Jarred Metoyer
Senior Vice President / Managing Director Markets and Risk
DNV
David J. Irwin P.E.
Director of Project Development
U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives
T.J. Harper
President
Nationwide Energy Partners & Armada Power
Erika Bierschbach
Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning
Austin Energy
Ali Mohammed
Sr Director of the Digital Innovation and Transformation Office
NYPA
Cameron Freberg
Utility Strategist - Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies
Austin Energy
Hebah Bukhari
Research and Content Analyst
Zpryme
Vanessa Barbarisi
Director of Utility Transformation
AES
Lindsey McDougall
Utility Strategist
Austin Energy
Erica Borggren
Vice-President, Customer Solutions
ComEd
Debbie Brodt Giles
Manager for Innovation, Prizes, Networks, and Vouchers
NREL
Sheri Givens
President & CEO
Smart Electric Power Alliance
Jason Ketchum
Vice President, Commercial
ONE Gas
John Kochavatr
Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Portland General Electric
Jenise Osani
Vice President of Marketing & New Products, OUC
Orlando Utilities Commission
Marie Steele
VP - Integrated Energy Services
NV Energy
George Bjelovuk
Vice President/Evangelist
Siemens
David Wade
President & CEO
EPB
Raiford Smith
Chief Utility Innovation Officer
AES
Angie Ostaszewski
Energy Efficiency Consultant
Ameren
Georges Sassine
Vice President, Large Scale Renewables
NYSERDA
Nathanael Gillespie
Director, Customer Solutions
Pepco
Denise Munoz
Director, Strategic Planning & Innovation
ComEd
Brad Chadwell
Director of Enterprise Research and Innovation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Natasha Contreras
Clean Transportation Customer Engagement Manager
SDG&E
Christine King
Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory
Alicia Farag
Co-Founder & President
Locusview
Bart Franey
VP Clean Energy Development
National Grid
Carol Johnston
VP Energy, Utilities & Resources
IFS
Celina Bonugli
Sr. Energy Innovation Strategist
APS
Dana Harmon
Principal
Juniper Advisory Group
Eric Rehberg
Chief Engineer & Founder
Armada Power
Jeff Wahl
VP, Strategy & Growth
Bidgely
Jen Szaro
President and CEO
AESP
Jesse Hernandez
Senior Director of Equity, Community Strategy & Engagement
CPS Energy
Kevin Cheung
Managing Director
PSC North America
Mark Podorsky
Energy & Utilities Practice Partner
Bridgewater
Michael Phillips
Co-Founder & CEO
Sense
Bobbi Harris
Executive Director
UBBA
Elliott White
VP of Product
Tango
Emilie McGlone
Director of Peace Boat US
Peace Boat
Eric Young
VP of Industry Solutions
Generac
Cory Ritthaler
US Customer & Marketing Power, Utilities & Renewables Leader
Deloitte
Heather Herndon-Wright
Director, Supply Chain Diversity & Sustainability
Vistra
Jonathan “J.T.” Thompson
SVP, Sales
Generac
Pat Hohl
Director, Electric Industry Solutions
ESRI
Pauline Marcou
Director of Strategy & Growth
Bidgely
Richard Ramirez
Head Of Innovation, & Technology Corporate Social Responsibility
DTE Energy
Sean Moser
Chief Product Officer
GE
Seth Frader-Thompson
President
EnergyHub
Gene Rodrigues
Assistant Secretary for Electricity
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE)
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
Anterix
Kim Getgen
CEO & Founder
InnovationForce
Brad Hall
Vice President, External Affairs
Appalachian Power Company
Avnaesh Jayantilal
Senior Product Director
GE Digital, Grid Software
Dan Forman
CEO
Copper Labs
Doug Phillips
Senior Marketing Director
GE Digital, Grid Software
Evan Wilcox
Director, Advanced Transmission Studies & Modeling
AEP
James Woolwine
VP, PG&E Account Leadership
Motive Power
Kristian Koellner
VP, Transmission Asset Optimization
LCRA
Omar Al-Juburi
Americas Power & Utilities Technology Consulting Leader
EY
Frank Villarreal
SVP
U.S. Capital
Santosh Veda
Electric Distribution Program Manager
Dominion Energy
Scott Hinson
Chief Technology Officer
Pecan Street
Nick Koehler
Director of Transmission Planning
AEP
Peter Hunt
VP of Sales
SEW
Venkat Tirupati
Vice President of DevOps and Grid Transformation
ERCOT
Nathan Fulmer
Vice President, Workforce & Safety Operations
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Terron Hill
Clean Energy Development Director
National Grid
Katie Guice
Director of Business Strategy
Tampa Electric
Angela Ortiz
PSEG
Director ESG & Sustainability
Kelly James
Senior Vice President & General Manager - Energy & Utilities Industries
Salesforce
Jason Williams
Enterprise Client Executive
Itron