Full Conference Education

Speaker: Chaz Teplin, PhD (he/him/his) – Rocky Mountain Institute

Speaker: Bhaskar Ray, MSEE (he/him/his) – Qcells

Moderator: Julia Souder (she/her/hers) – Long Duration Energy Storage Council

Panelist: Adam Briggs (he/him/his) – Ambri

Panelist: Marco Ferrara – Form Energy

Panelist: Andrew Meserve – Eos Energy Storage

Panelist: Bill Sproull – ESS Inc.

Opening Remarks: Anisha Steephen – U.S. Treasury

Moderator: Erika Symmonds – SEIA

Panelist: Omar Blayton – Sunwealth Power, Inc.

Panelist: William Ellis (he/him/his) – Pepco, An Exelon Company

Panelist: Pari Kasotia – Luminace

Panelist: Yesenia Rivera (she/her/hers) – Energy Allies

Moderator: Gary Blitz – Aon

Panelist: Srinivas Alai – EDF Renewables

Panelist: Stephanie Caragher (she/her/hers) – CohnReznick

Panelist: Chris Diaz – Seminole Financial Services, LLC

Panelist: Rachel Goldwasser – Key Capture Energy

Moderator: Ted Burhans – SEPA

Panelist: Luis D'Acosta Anezin – Uplight

Panelist: Seth Frader-Thompson – EnergyHub

Panelist: Nisha Thirumurthy (she/her/hers) – Vybe Energy, LLC

Panelist: Gary Lemay – New Hampshire Electrical Cooperative

Moderator: Amir Yazdi – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Keally DeWitt (they/them/theirs) – GAF Energy

Panelist: Grace Hsu (she/her/hers) – Lunar Energy

Panelist: Jessica Lawrence-Vaca, MA Global Security Studies – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Costa Nicolaou – PanelClaw, Inc.

Panelist: David Wilhoit – Wacker Chemical Corporation

Moderator: Drake Moran – Smart Electric Power Alliance

Panelist: Meghan Weinman (she/her/hers) – Edison Energy

Panelist: Adam Browning – Forum Mobility

Panelist: Virginia Hewitt (she/her/hers) – Voltera

Moderator: Stephanie Zawistowski (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association

Panelist: Aubrey Newton (she/her/hers) – Northwest LECET

Panelist: Adam Sokolski – EDF Renewables

Moderator: Bill Elrick (he/him/his) – H2FCP

Panelist: Ellen B. Stechel (she/her/hers) – AzCaNE and Southwest clean Hydrogen Innovation Network (SHINe)

Panelist: Brian Weeks, P.E. – GTI Energy

Moderator: Robert Nicholson – SEIA

Panelist: Alyssa Edwards – Lightsource BP

Panelist: Scott Elias (he/him/his) – CleanCapital

Panelist: Tina Jeffress – Panasonic North America

Panelist: Michelle Simpson (she/her/hers) – OKON Recycling

Moderator: Mary C. Palmer (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Brandy Bolden (she/her/hers) – SMUD

Panelist: Pranav Myana (he/him/his) – Amaterra Tech

Panelist: Chéri A. Smith (she/her/hers) – Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

Moderator: Todd J. Chwialkowski – EDF Renewables

Panelist: Arunika Chandra (she/her/hers) – Arevon Energy, inc.

Panelist: Rob Ritchie – Nexamp

Panelist: Jill Powers (she/her/hers) – California ISO

Panelist: Jaspreet Singh – Qcells

Moderator: Jared Leader – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Gustavo G. Monteiro (he/him/his) – EDPR NA Distributed Generation

Panelist: Mishal Thadani – Rhizome Data

Panelist: Lon Huber – Duke Energy Corporation

Panelist: Melissa Washington (she/her/hers) – ComEd

Panelist: Tanuj Deora (he/him/his) – Office of the Administrator, General Services Administration

Speaker: Dema Tzamaras (she/her/hers) – Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE)

Speaker: Jana Gerber (she/her/hers) – Schneider Electric

Moderator: Ted Burhans – SEPA

Panelist: Behdad Bahrami, CEM, B.Eng (he/him/his) – Edgecom Energy

Panelist: Rima Oueid (she/her/hers) – Office of Technology Transitions, DOE

Panelist: Tim Harvey (he/him/his) – Austin Energy

Panelist: Amy Heart (she/her/hers) – Sunrun

Moderator: Sara Birmingham – Solar Energy Industries Association

Panelist: Micah Jasuta – Austin Energy

Panelist: Leland Keller (he/him/his) – Fort Collins Utilities

Panelist: Olivia Nedd (she/her/hers) – Vote Solar

Panelist: Christopher Worley – Sunrun

Moderator: Amy Jo Miller – Qcells

Panelist: Justin Kramer (he/him/his) – Orlando Utilities Commission

Panelist: Polly Shaw – Plus Power

Panelist: Connor Waldoch – Black Mountain Energy Storage

Panelist: Gabe Wapner – Hecate Grid

Moderator: Zoe Berkery – CleanCapital

Panelist: Ian Baring-Gould (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Panelist: Shane Easter – Wells Fargo

Panelist: Anand Narayanan – Arevon Energy

Panelist: Dan Sinaiko (he/him/his) – Allen & Overy

Moderator: Erin Duncan – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Shawn Affolter – Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

Panelist: Jaime Carlson (she/her/hers) – SB Energy

Panelist: Anand Gopal (he/him/his) – Energy Innovation

Panelist: Divya Narala (she/her/hers) – Rep. Steven Horsford NV-04

Speaker: Jigar Shah (he/him/his) – Department of Energy Loans Programs Office

Speaker: Jen Downing – Department of Energy Loans Programs Office

Moderator: Anna Balzer (she/her/hers) – Boston Government Services/DOE

Panelist: Tom Neyhart – PosiGen Solar & Energy Efficiency

Panelist: Eamonn Urey – Salt River Project

Moderator: Garret Fitzgerald (he/him/his) – SEPA

Panelist: Joachim Lohse – Ampcontrol

Panelist: Kellen Schefter (he/him/his) – Edison Electric Institute

Panelist: Heidi Sickler (she/her/hers) – bp pulse fleet

Panelist: Dexter Gauntlett – Panasonic North America, Smart Mobility Office

Moderator: Scott Clavenna (he/him/his) – Post Script Media

Panelist: Titiaan Palazzi – Snowflake

Panelist: Samane Zeyghami (she/her/hers) – Plus Power

Panelist: Elizabeth Mabel Cook, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duquesne Light Company

Moderator: Julieta Giraldez – Kevala, Inc.

Panelist: Utopia Hill (she/her/hers) – Reactivate

Panelist: Scott Placide (he/him/his) – Exelon

Panelist: Kristen H. Wagner (she/her/hers) – Clean Power Research

Moderator: Sara Kane (she/her/hers) – CAC Specialty

Panelist: Joe Cain – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Brian A. Ewing – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Claire Haack – DNV

Panelist: Chad Homuth – Natural Power

Moderator: Jessie Robbins (she/her/hers) – Generate Capital, PBC

Panelist: Becca Glazer (she/her/hers) – AES Clean Energy

Panelist: Jonathan Gross (he/him/his) – Monarch Private Capital

Panelist: Dave Riester – Segue Sustainable Infrastructure

Panelist: Billy Lee – Reunion Infrastructure, Inc.

Speaker: Chair Reta Jo Lewis (she/her/hers) – Export Import Bank of the United States

Speaker: Stephanie Bosh (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Speaker: Raghu Palavadi Naga, n/a (he/him/his) – Sustainable Energy Advantage

Moderator: Charles Bolden – SEIA

Panelist: Victoria Johnson – HDR

Panelist: Juan Parra (he/him/his) – Nexamp

Panelist: Sherrick Roanhorse (he/him/his) – PNM Resources

Panelist: Sarah Z. Salem (she/her/hers) – GRID Alternatives

Moderator: Kelly Fleming (she/her/hers) – Boundary Stone Partners

Panelist: Nick Chaset (he/him/his) – East Bay Community Energy

Panelist: Matt LeDucq – Forum Mobility

Moderator: Matthew Hartung – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Bheshaj Krishnappa (he/him/his) – SEIA

Panelist: Eric Valleton – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Mara Winn (she/her/hers) – Department of Energy

Moderator: Evelyn M. Butler (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Teresa M. Barnes – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Panelist: Taylor Curtis (she/her/hers) – NREL

Panelist: Stephen Kalland (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

Panelist: Cara Libby – Electric Power Research Institute

Moderator: Chris J. Rauscher – Sunrun

Panelist: Cisco DeVries (he/him/his) – OhmConnect

Panelist: Pearl Donohoo-Vallett (she/her/hers) – Pepco Holdings

Panelist: David Nemtzow – Loan Programs Office, Department of Energy (DOE)

Panelist: Meghan Nutting, MPA – Sunnova

Panelist: Carter Shoop – Climate VS, Inc.

Speaker: Kam Sihota – Qcells

Moderator: David Brill – Black & Veatch

Panelist: Spencer L. Davis – Black & Veatch

Moderator: Greg Smithies (he/him/his) – Fifth Wall

Panelist: Arch Rao – SPAN

Panelist: Blake Frederick Richetta (he/him/his) – Sonnen inc

Moderator: Megan Reusser – Burns & McDonnell

Panelist: Max Mankin (he/him/his) – Modern Hydrogen

Panelist: Matt Murdock – Raven SR

Panelist: Robert Wegeng – STARS Technology

Moderator: Michele Boyd (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Technologies Office, Department of Energy

Panelist: Lucy Bullock-Sieger (she/her/hers) – Lightstar Renewables

Panelist: Sarah Conley-Ballew (she/her/hers) – Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2)

Panelist: Lexie Hain – Lightsource bp

Panelist: Ethan Winter (he/him/his) – American Farmland Trust

Moderator: Michael Borgatti (he/him/his) – Gabel Associates, Inc.

Panelist: Melissa Alfano – SEIA

Panelist: Jimmy Daghlian – NV Energy

Panelist: Benjamin Piiru (he/him/his) – Nexamp

Panelist: Gizelle Wray – Savion Energy

Moderator: Nicole Steele – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Panelist: Alaric J. Babej – Public Service Company of New Mexico

Panelist: Justin Biltz – Cypress Creek Renewables

Panelist: Joel Gamoran (he/him/his) – Arcadia

Panelist: Taylor King (she/her/hers) – Live Oak Bank

Panelist: Eric LaMora (he/him/his) – Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC

Moderator: Aaron Smallwood – Smart Electric Power Alliance

Panelist: Robert Broadwater – Electrical Distribution Design

Panelist: Fei Ding – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Panelist: Rafik Eldaly – Exelon

Panelist: Abhineet Parchure, PhD. (he/him/his) – Amazon Web Services

Panelist: Luan Watson – Exelon

Moderator: Mary Grikas (she/her/hers) – Lightsource bp

Panelist: Maggie Clark Sasser – Pine Gate Renewables

Panelist: Gretchen Dolson, PE, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – HDR

Panelist: Bradley S. Pischea (he/him/his) – Land & Liberty Coalition

Panelist: Rebecca Halford – AES

Speaker: Utopia Hill (she/her/hers) – Reactivate

Speaker: Kevin Dunshee (he/him/his) – Solar Landscape

Speaker: Melinda Baglio (she/her/hers) – CleanCapital

Speaker: Josh Bushinsky – Trajectory Energy Partners

Moderator: Joan White (she/her/hers) – SEIA

Panelist: Josh Gould (he/him/his) – Duquesne Light Company

Panelist: Suzanne Leta – SunPower Corporation

Panelist: Jon Monken (he/him/his) – Converge Strategies

Panelist: Zolaikha Strong (she/her/hers) – Generac

Moderator: Kevin Brehm (he/him/his) – RMI

Panelist: Wesley Holmes (he/him/his) – Essense Partners

Panelist: Karla Loeb – Arcadia

Panelist: Kirsten Millar (she/her/hers) – Virtual Peaker

Panelist: Kate Strickland – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Moderator: Vikram Aggarwal – EnergySage, Inc.

Panelist: Keishaa Austin – Rewiring America

Panelist: Tom Bowen – Qmerit

Panelist: Michael Grasso (he/him/his) – Sunnova

Panelist: Sandhya Murali – Solstice

Moderator: Buck B. Endemann (he/him/his) – Perkins Coie LLP

Panelist: Chock Karuppaiah – Ohmium

Panelist: Megan Reusser – Burns & McDonnell

Panelist: Joe Toussaint (he/him/his) – Woodside Energy

Panelist: Carlos Restrepo (he/him/his) – Sion Power

Moderator: Jay Dauenhauer – Energy Cast Podcast

Panelist: Bobby Cherian – Hyliion Inc

Moderator: Vitaly Lee – Qcells

Panelist: Adrian Anderson – Microsoft

Panelist: Sushmita Jena (she/her/hers) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Panelist: Steven Levitas – Pine Gate Renewables

Panelist: Tim Harvey (he/him/his) – Austin Energy

Moderator: Margaret A. Tallmadge (she/her/hers) – Navajo Power, PBC

Panelist: Kevin Blaser (he/him/his) – Bakinaw Federal Contracting

Panelist: Jennifer Hershman (she/her/hers) – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Paul Dearhouse (he/him/his) – Department of Energy

Panelist: Dave Harper (he/him/his) – Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

Moderator: Ken Boyce (he/him/his) – UL Solutions

Panelist: Megan Culler (she/her/hers) – Idaho National Lab

Panelist: Danish Saleem (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Moderator: Theodora Okiro Quarles – EcoHealth Strategies, LLC

Panelist: Susannah Churchill (she/her/hers) – Solar Landscape

Panelist: Adaora Ifebigh – Sol Systems

Panelist: Tolu Omotoso – NRECA

Panelist: Suzanne Leta – SunPower Corporation

Moderator: Mathew Sachs – CPower Energy

Panelist: Tony Grappone – Novogradac

Panelist: Sripradha Ilango – Soltage

Panelist: Matt McDonnell – Strategen

Panelist: Amanda Rosenberg (she/her/hers) – Mayer Brown

Panelist: Chris Cantone (he/him/his) – Scale Microgrids

Moderator: Shawn Rumery – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Ben Catt – Pine Gate Renewables

Panelist: Will Conkling – Google

Panelist: Bryan Didier (he/him/his) – Monarch Private Capital

Panelist: Yuri Horwitz – Sol Systems

Panelist: Jennifer Martin – Center for Resource Solutions

Moderator: Evelyn M. Butler (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Colleen O'Brien – UL LLC

Panelist: Jason Fisher (he/him/his) – Solar Technical Consulting LLC

Panelist: Steve Gartner, PE – HDR

Panelist: Jeffrey Cook – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Moderator: Kevin Lucas – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Thad Culley (he/him/his) – Sunrun

Panelist: Nick Jimenez (he/him/his) – Southern Environmental Law Center

Panelist: Jennifer Potter (she/her/hers) – Strategen

Panelist: Gerhard Walker – Eversource

Moderator: Becky Long (they/them/theirs) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Bonnie Kunkel-Forest – Home Builders Institute

Panelist: Scott Canada – McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Panelist: Andy Carr – Carpenters International Training Fund

Moderator: Gabe Murtaugh – Long Duration Energy Storage Council

Panelist: Carla Barrera (she/her/hers) – SLB

Panelist: Matt Harper (he/him/his) – Invinity Energy Systems

Panelist: Nishant Sharma – CellCube

Panelist: Haley Gilbert (she/her/hers) – Antora Energy

Speaker: Amir Yazdi – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Speaker: Mike Casey – Tigercomm

Speaker: Robin Pressman – Embold Research

Speaker: Dr. Richard T. Hartman (he/him/his) – Air Force Office of Energy Assurance

Moderator: Radina Valova, J.D., LL.M. (she/her/hers) – Interstate Renewable Energy Council

Panelist: Erin Ankeney (she/her/hers) – Freedom Forever

Panelist: Dave Gahl – Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2)

Panelist: Samantha Weaver – Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)

Panelist: Lara Aston – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Moderator: Lakin H. Garth – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Erika Diamond – EnergyHub

Panelist: Katelyn Gates – Puget Sound Energy

Panelist: Aram Shumavon – Kevala

Panelist: Roxana Vilchis – Puget Sound Energy

Moderator: Yok Potts – SEPA

Panelist: Taylor Dodson (he/him/his) – SOLV Energy

Panelist: Jennifer Goodwillie – Nova Clean Energy

Panelist: Max Luke, n/a (he/him/his) – VEIR Inc.

Panelist: Julia Selker (she/her/hers) – Grid Strategies LLC

Moderator: Ed Brolin – RWE Clean Energy

Panelist: Brian Lydic (he/him/his) – IREC

Panelist: David Mindham – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Kavita Ravi – BlueWave Energy

Panelist: Erik Felt – Smarter Grid Solutions

Moderator: Steve Capanna (he/him/his) – U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Fanny Charrier – Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank

Panelist: David Edwards (he/him/his) – Air Liquide

Panelist: Antonio Fayad – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Michael Hoban (he/him/his) – Chevron New Energies

Moderator: Brittany Blair (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Rachna Handa – General Motors

Panelist: Kristin Landry (she/her/hers) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Panelist: Matt Stanberry (he/him/his) – Highland Electric Fleets

Panelist: Melissa Chan – Fermata Energy

Moderator: Ann Collier (she/her/hers) – SEPA

Panelist: Dana Clare Redden (she/her/hers) – Solar Stewards

Panelist: Joel Cohn (he/him/his) – CohnReznick

Speaker: Ted Lee (he/him/his) – U.S. Department of the Treasury