International Conference
Berkeley, CA | April 12-13, 2018
Ken Alex
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Jerry Brown
Byron Benton
Training Director, IBEW-NECA Zero Net Energy Center
Jack Brouwer
Associate Director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) and Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP), University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Strela Cervas
Statewide Organizing Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance
Elizabeth Doris
Principal Laboratory Program Manager for State Local, and Tribal Governments, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Bryan Dove
Director of Asset Management, Mutual Housing California
Mark Ferron
Board of Governors, California Independent System Operator
Nicholas Flanders
Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OPUS 12
Todd Foley
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Relations, American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Angelina Galiteva
Founding Board Chair, Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Mark Gold
Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, UCLA
Peter F. Green
Deputy Laboratory Director, Science and Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David Hochschild
Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Danny Kennedy
Managing Director, California Clean Energy Fund
Susan Kennedy
Founder & CEO, Advanced Microgrid Solutions
Sebastián Kind
Undersecretary of State for Renewable Energy Argentina, Ministry of Energy and Mining
Jennifer Jean Kropke
Director of Environmental and Workforce Engagement, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union Eleven (IBEW11)
The Honorable Kevin de León
California State Senate President pro Tempore
The Honorable Chris Lee
Chair, Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Dr. Harry Lehmann
General Director, German Federal Environment Agency
Salvador Llamas
Chief Operating Officer, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)
Erica Mackie
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GRID Alternatives
Joel Makower
Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Inc.
Andrew McAllister
Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Ryan McCarthy
Science and Technology Policy Advisor, California Air Resources Board
Diane Moss
Founding Director, Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Angela Johnson Meszaros
Staff Attorney with Earthjustice, California Regional Office
David Olsen
Chair, California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Board of Governors
Ric O’Connell
Executive Director, GridLab Energy
Sunya Ojure
Senior Sustainability Manager, Salesforce
Carla J. Peterman
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Nancy E. Pfund
Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners
Ryan Popple
President and CEO, Proterra
Talita Porto
Board of Directors, Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE), Brazil
Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Endowed Chair in Energy Technologies, University of California Berkeley | Assistant Lab Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Debbie Raphael
Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Clifford Rechtschaffen
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
The Honorable Kate Sears
Marin County Supervisor
The Honorable Nancy Skinner
California State Senator
Alfredo Hélio Syrkis
Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change (FBMC), Executive Director of the Brazil Center on Climate (CBC)
Dan Shugar
CEO, NEXTracker
Geof Syphers
Chief Executive Officer, Sonoma Clean Power
Rob Threlkeld
Global Manager of Renewable Energy, General Motors
The Honorable Phil Ting
California State Assembly Member
Gia Brazil Vacin
Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Project Manager, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
Aura Vasquez
Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Jonathan M. Weisgall
Vice President for Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Montserrat Ramiro Ximénez
Commissioner, Energy Regulatory Commission of Mexico
