Full Conference Education

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