

James B. Robb
President and Chief Executive Officer
Super-Session Speaker



Travis Fisher
Director of Energy And Environmental Policy Studies
Super-Session Speaker


Brian D’Agostino
Meteorologist, Vice President - Wildfire and Climate Science
Super-Session,
Panel Session Speaker

Christina Hayes
Executive Director
Super-Session Speaker

R. Matthew Gardner
Vice President of Electric Transmission
Super-Session Speaker

Brian George
US Federal Lead, Global Energy Market Policy and Development
Super-Session Speaker

Natalie Frick
Deputy Leader and Energy Policy Researcher
Super-Session Speaker

John Kotek
Senior Vice President for Policy and Public Affairs
Super-Session Speaker

Craig Litteken
Acting Director of Infrastructure Portfolio/Project Management
Super-Session Speaker

Elliott Nethercutt
Senior Director, State Regulatory Affairs Division
Super-Session Speaker






Brenden Russell
Principal Manager of Technology Strategy
Super-Session Speaker

Danielle Sass Byrnett
Senior Director
Super-Session Speaker





Branden Sudduth
Vice President of Reliability Planning and Performance Analysis
Super-Session Speaker

Valerie Teeter
Deputy Director,
Super-Session Speaker



Andrew Zach
Senior Policy Advisor for Energy and Environment
Super-Session Speaker


Wayne Bishop Jr.
Vice President of Industry Outreach and Strategy
Panel Session Moderator

Katherine Chambers
Senior Physical Scientist
Panel Session Moderator

Kerry Cheung
Director, Applied Grid Transformation
Office of Electricity
Panel Session Moderator and Speaker


Patrick Harwood
Senior Technical Advisor
Panel Session Moderator

Avnaesh Jayantilal
CTO for Applied Grid Innovation
Panel Session Moderator

Robert Jeffers
Acting Laboratory Program Manager
Panel Session Moderator

Kristina LaCommare
Program Manager III
Panel Session Moderator



Monish Mukherjee
Research Scientist
Panel Session Moderator

Julie Mulvaney Kemp
Research Scientist
Panel Session Moderator

Hayden Reeve
Senior Technical Advisor
Panel Session Moderator

Cindy Zhu
Technology Researcher III
Panel Session Moderator

Todd Aagaard
Professor of Law
Panel Session Speaker

Rob Adams
Executive Director – Power Delivery Smart Grid & Innovation
Panel Session Speaker


Mads Almassalkhi
L. Richard Fisher Professor of Electrical Engineering
Panel Session Speaker


Gregory Bennett
Chief Engineer for Transmission Line Standards
Panel Session Speaker




Cyril Brunner
Innovation and Technology Leader
Panel Session Speaker

James Campbell
Director of Innovation and Sustainability Policy
Panel Session Speaker

Elise Caplan
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Panel Session Speaker




John Cordi
Director, Demand Flexibility & Virtual Power Plants
Panel Session Speaker


Lincoln Davies
Executive Director for Energy, Resource, and Environment Programs
Panel Session Speaker


Regina “Gina” Elbert
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Panel Session Speaker



Lavelle Freeman
Vice President of Distribution System Planning
Panel Session Speaker

Jake P. Gentle
Portfolio Manager, Supervisor
Panel Session Speaker

Charlotte Hinkle
Senior Physical Scientist
Panel Session Speaker


Juliet Homer
Chief Systems Engineer
Panel Session Speaker


Huiyi Jackson
Senior Director of Clean Energy Technologies and Policy
Panel Session Speaker

Anne Keyworth
Staff Attorney
Panel Session Speaker



Ted Ko
Founder and Executive Director
Panel Session Speaker

Jared Leader
Senior Director of Resilience
Panel Session Speaker


Marcelino Madrigal
Chief of the Energy Division
Panel Session Speaker

Schuyler Matteson
Clean Energy Planning Lead
Panel Session Speaker


Eric Moal
CTO of the Power Equipment New Materials Product Business Group
Panel Session Speaker



Josh Nieves
Regional Workforce Development Manager
Panel Session Speaker

Todd Olinsky-Paul
Senior Project Director
Panel Session Speaker

Joe Paladino
Senior Advisor
Panel Session Speaker



Rebecca Parkhurst
Assistant Director
Panel Session Speaker


Katrina Pekar-Carpenter
Assistant Director
Panel Session Speaker

Guillermo Pereira
Energy Policy Researcher
Panel Session Speaker



Jeffery L. Phillips
Manager of Transmission Line Design
Panel Session Speaker

Shiva Poudel
Power Systems Research Engineer
Panel Session Speaker




Paige Rodrigues
Transmission Regulation Policy Senior Manager
Panel Session Speaker



Luis Jesús Sánchez de Tembleque
Executive Secretary
Panel Session Speaker

Sivakumar Sankaranarayanan
Principal Technical Leader
Panel Session Speaker

Lisa Schwartz
Senior Energy Policy Researcher and Strategic Advisor
Panel Session Speaker

Jessica Shipley
Energy Policy Professional
Panel Session Speaker

Robert Snook
Transmission Program Coordinator
Panel Session Speaker


Sterling Thomas
Chief Scientist Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics
Panel Session Speaker

Constance Thompson
Senior Vice President
Panel Session Speaker

Barbara Bauman Tyran
Director, External Relations
Panel Session Speaker


Jeremy Twitchell
Director, External Relations
Tutorial Instructor


Andrés Villegas
Director of Planning and Evaluation of Power Transmission
Panel Session Speaker

Jarrod West
Senior Analyst, Energy & Natural Resources
Panel Session Speaker


Kiera Zitelman
Technical Director
Panel Session Speaker

Paul Zummo
Director, Research and Development
Panel Session Speaker