Speakers

Demonstrate, Deploy, Decarbonize 2024 (Deploy24) gathers top thought leaders across the private sector, government, and the broader ecosystem. Here is just a preview of the speakers you will see and hear from at Deploy24.

Jennifer Granholm

Secretary of Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy

Serge Abergel

COO,
Hydro-Québec Energy Services

Seabron Adamson

VP of Energy,
Charles River & Associates

Leke Agiri

Executive VP of Finance,
Gevo

Andrew Alcorta

Senior Advisor on Industrial Policy, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, U.S. Department of Energy

Tracy Alloway

Co-host, Odd Lots podcast
Bloomberg

Kwasi Ampofo

Head of Metals and Mining,
BloombergNEF

Everett Anderson

VP of Advanced Product Development,
Nel Hydrogen

Lora Anguay

Chief Zero Carbon Officer,
SMUD

Allison Archambault

President,
EarthSpark International

Benton Arnett

Senior Director of Markets and Policy,
Nuclear Energy Institute

Dr. Barbara Arnold

Chair and Professor of Practice in Mining Engineering,
Penn State

Carl Atkinson

VP Sales,
Voith Hydro North America

Keishaa Austin

Principal Deputy Director, Office of State and Community Energy Programs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Katie Auth

Policy Director,
Energy for Growth Hub

Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei

Chair, Department of Mining & Explosives Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Sara Axelrod

Head of External Affairs,
Crusoe

Justin Badlam

Senior Advisor for Strategy and Industrial Policy, Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains,
U.S. Department of Energy

Beth Bafford

CEO,
Climate United

Dr. Rian Bahran

Assistant Director for Nuclear Technology and Strategy,
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

Mark Baker

International Representative,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Office’s Utility Department

Dr. Noël Bakhtian

Director of Tech Acceleration,
Bezos Earth Fund

Abigail Ball

Executive Director,
American Compass

Sandeep Bangaru

VP, Circular Platform,
Eastman

Leila Banijamali

Co-Founder and CEO,
Symbium Corp.

Eli Bashevkin

Acting Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Commercialization Manager, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Portfolio Strategy Division,
U.S. Department of Energy

Todd Beers

COO,
Winner Water Services Inc.

Roman Beilhack

Head of New & Green Technologies,
Munich Reinsurance

Shawn Bennett

Energy and Resilience Division Manager, Battelle

Sidd Bhat

Executive Director,
Debt Investments

Leslie Biddle

Deputy Under Secretary for Commercialization and Finance,
Office of Infrastructure, U.S. Department of Energy

Heidi Binko

Co-Founder and CEO,
Just Transition Fund

Doug Bloch

Principal and Strategic Consultant,
Bloch Strategies

Patrick Bloom

SVP, Government Relations,
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Maressa Brennan

Portfolio Strategy, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations,
U.S. Department of Energy

David Bromberg

CEO and Co-founder,
Pearl Street Technologies

Andrew Bray

OCED Liftoff Enabling Programs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Tricia Breeger

President & CEO,
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

Dr. Grant S. Bromhal

Senior Science Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Resource Sustainability,
U.S. Department of Energy

Evelyn Butler

VP of Technical Services,
Solar Energy Industries Association

James Calaway

Chairman,
Ioneer

Cassidy Castleman

Director of Marketing,
TS Conductor

Dr. Vanessa Chan

Chief Commercialization Officer,
Director of the Office of Technology Transitions,
U.S. Department of Energy

Neil Chatterjee

Senior Advisor, Global Regulatory,
Hogan Lovells

Ayesha Choudhury

SVP and Head of Capital Markets,
Infinium

Rory Christian

Chair and CEO,
New York Public Service Commission

Josh Cohen

Head of Policy,
SWTCH

Peter Colavito 

Executive Director,
Invest in Our Future

Dr. Margaret Cook

Deputy Director, Climate Equity and Resilience,
Houston Advanced Research Center

Austin Counts

Southwest Virginia Solar & Electrification Projects Manager,
Appalachian Voices

Chad Cramer

Associate Partner,
McKinsey & Company

David Crane

Under Secretary for Infrastructure,
U.S. Department of Energy

Stephanie Crawford

Regulatory Affairs Director,
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Chris Creed

Chief Investment Officer,
Loan Programs Office, Department of Energy

Dr. Gregg Cremer

Technology-to-Market Advisor,
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Kelly Cummins

Acting Director, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations,
U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Tanya Das

Director, Energy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center

Christopher Davis

Chief of Staff,
U.S. Department of Energy

Glenn Davis

Director,
Virginia Department of Energy

Rob Day

Co-Founder,
Spring Lane Capital

Noah Deich

Senior Advisor for Carbon Management, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management,
U.S. Department of Energy

Ian Dickinson

CEO,
LongPath Technologies

Tom Dickson

CEO,
New Energy Risk

Paul Donohoo-Vallett

Acting Director for Deployment and Infrastructure, Office of Policy,
U.S. Department of Energy

Jen Downing

Engagement Officer,
Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Michael Dunn

Head of Market Intelligence and Policy Analysis,
Qcell

Ryan Edwards

Director of Climate Policy,
Oxy

Leah Ellis

CEO and Co-founder,
Sublime Systems

Ignacio Estella

SVP, DEI, Talent, and Innovation,
Avangrid

Judy Farm

CEO,
Tribal One

Crystal Farmer

Hydrogen Hubs Program Manager, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations,
U.S. Department of Energy

Stephan Feilhauer

Partner,
Antin Infrastructure Partners

Travis Fisher

Director, Energy and Environmental Policy Studies,
Cato Institute

Alex Fitzsimmons

Head of Government Affairs,
Sila Nanotechnologies

Brian Fitzsimons

Founder & CEO,
GridUnity

Dr. Jane Flegal

Market Development and Policy Lead,
Stripe Climate and Frontier

Andre de Fontaine

Senior Director,
GMA

Mark Fowler

Senior Director of Government Relations,
Ameresco

Carla Frisch

Acting Executive Director and Principal Deputy Director, Office of Policy,
U.S. Department of Energy

Charlie Gailliot

Partner & Global Co-Head,
KKR Climate

Angelina Galiteva

CEO,
California Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems

Jonathan Garfinkel

Partner,
TPG

Gene Gebolys

Founder and CEO,
World Energy

Charles Gertler

Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Emily Goldfield

Portfolio Strategy Advisor, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations,
U.S. Department of Energy

Noah Gordon

Acting Co-director of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Albert Gore

Executive Director,
ZETA

Katherine Hamilton

Chair,
38 North Solutions

Minwoo Han

Senior Engineer, New Energy,
Hyundai E&C

Cynthia Hansen

EVP and President, Gas Transmission and Midstream,
Enbridge

Rob Hanson

Co-founder and CEO,
Monolith

Stephen Hendrickson

Director of Market Analysis, Office of Technology Transitions,
U.S. Department of Energy

Fausto Hernández Quiñones

Senior Manager, Infrastructure Department,
Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico

Griffin Hewitt

Business Development Manager,
BoxPower

Virginia Hewitt

Director of Business Development,
Voltera

Scott Himmelberger

Director,
Decarbonization Partners (BlackRock and Temasek)

Dr. Elke Hodson

Deputy Director of Technology Policy,
U.S. Department of Energy

Christina Hollenback

CEO
Justice Capital

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren

Chairman and CEO,
LanzaTech

Eli Hopson

Chief Administrative and Development Officer,
Coalition for Green Capital

Campbell Howe

Senior Advisor, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Elaine Hsieh

Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure,
U.S. Department of Energy

Tom Hucker

Senior Consultant, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Lon Huber

SVP, Pricing and Customer Solutions,
Duke Energy

Jon Hunter

Senior Director, Healthy Air Solutions Program,
American Lung Association

Lesley Hunter

SVP, Policy and Engagement,
American Council on Renewable Energy

May Jaramillo

Managing Director and Head of Energy Transition & Climate Tech,
Wells Fargo & Company

Jesse Jenkins

Assistant Professor and Macro-scale Energy Systems Engineer,
Princeton University

Cindy Jia

Head of Sustainable Finance (Americas),
ING

Ashley Allen Jones

Senior Finance Advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Alfred Johnson

Co-Founder and CEO,
Crux

Kimberly Johnston

President, NextGen Energy Partners

Betony Jones

Labor Advisor to Secretary of Energy,
Director, Office of Energy Jobs

Jasper Jung

Executive Director,
Strategic Initiatives Global Public Policy, General Motors

Robert Kang

Co-Founder and CEO,
Blue Whale Materials

Nicole Kelner

Founder,
Arts and Climate Change

Dr. Suman Khatiwada

Co-founder, CTO, and Board Director,
Syzygy Plasmonics

Alex Kizer

SVP and COO,
EFI Foundation

Ajay Kochhar

President, CEO and co-founder,
Li-Cycle

Briana Kobor

Head of Energy Market Innovation, Google

Jule Kozeracki

Director of Strategy, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Kendra Kostek

Senior Advisor for Siting and Permitting,
U.S. Department of Energy

Mike Kramer

VP, Data Economy Strategy,
Constellation

Nathan Kroeker

CFO,
Eos Energy Enterprises

Brian Kubeck

Chairman of the Board,
TDI

Vivas Kumar

CEO and Co-founder,
Mitra Chem

Todd Lapenna

Partner,
Infrastructure and Real Assets,
StepStone

Tim Latimer

Co-Founder and CEO,
Fervo Energy

Jennifer Lerch

Senior Advisor, Tribal Energy Finance Program,
U.S. Department of Energy

Brandon Leslie

VP Strategic Development,
Barton Malow

Jamie Liang

President and CEO,
TerraVolta Resources

James Lindsay

Director, Investments,
Builders Vision

Bryna Lipper

Chief Innovation Officer,
Humboldt Area and Wild Rivers Community Foundation

Nancy Loewe

CFO,
CelLink

Remi Loiseau

U.S. Lithium Manager,
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions

Edwina Manyeh

Tech Hubs Deputy Director,
U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce

Brad Markell

Senior Advisor, Loan Program Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Jeff Marootian

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy

Andy Marsh

CEO,
Plug Power

Rhys Marsh

Portfolio Manager,
Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Michele Martin

Senior Investment Advisor, Loan Program Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Ariel Marshall

Chief of Staff,
Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation

Tim Mayopoulos

President and CEO, Power Forward Communities

Kate McAteer

Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs,
WSU Tri-Cities

Dr. Colin McCormick

Chief Innovation Officer,
Carbon Direct

Ross McKenzie

Chief of Staff and SVP Corporate Affairs and Business Development
Elimini

Mary McManmon

Associate Director for External Commercialization Programs,
Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy

James McWalter

Founder and CEO,
Paces

Joseph McNeil Jr.

CEO,
SAGE Development Authority

Val Miftakhov

Founder and CEO,
ZeroAvia

Priyanka Mohanty

Executive Director,
United Auto Workers (UAW) Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy

Philip Moore

Senior Federal Affairs Director,
Southwest Airlines

Susana Moreira

Executive Director and Co-Chair,
H2Global Foundation

Colleen Moss

Managing Director of Industrial Policy and Advocacy,
ClearPath

Isabel Munilla

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Market Development, Climate and Multilateral Engagement, Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Meghan Nutting

Executive VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs,
Sunnova Energy Corporation

Aaron Oaks

Project Execution Owner,
BASF

Amir Orad

CEO,
Kraken Technologies

Kim Okafor

GM, Zero Emission Solutions,
Love’s Family of Companies

The Honorable Brendan Owens

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment,
U.S. Department of Defense

John Parsons

Deputy Director for Research,
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Marissa Paslick Gillett

Chairman,
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

Rachel Payne

Managing Director of Business Innovation, Climate and Policy,
X

Priscilla Pazmino-Vitela

Head of Natural Resources – Americas,
Allianz Commercial

Adam Penque

VP, Business Development for Energy,
Meridiam

Ryan Peay

Head of Natural Resources – Americas,
Allianz Commercial

Amy A. Peterson

Senior Advisor, Industry Relations, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

John Podesta

Senior Advisor to the President International Climate Policy

Michael Polsky

Founder and CEO,
Invenergy

Patti Poppe

CEO,
PG&E Corporation

Madeline Puffenbarger

ORISE Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow, Office of Policy, Office of Energy Jobs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Dan Radomski

CEO,
Centrepolis Accelerator

Emil Ramirez

International VP,
United Steelworkers Union

Santos Ramos

Project Manager,
DriveOhio

Heather Reams

President,
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

Dylan Reed

Senior Advisor for External Affairs, Grid Deployment Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Toby Rice

President and CEO,
EQT Corporation

Greg Ronczka

VP, Carbon Transportation & Storage Development,
Heidelberg Materials NA

Maria Robinson

Director, Grid Deployment Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Catrina Rorke

SVP, Policy and Research,
The Climate Leadership Council

Tanya Rucosky

Community Resilience Partnership Coordinator,
Sunrise County Economic Council

Nat Sahlstrom

Chief Energy Officer,
Tract

Salim Samaha

Partner and Global Head of Energy,
Global Infrastructure Partners

Dr. Costa Samaras

Trustee Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director,
Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

Dr. Kelly Sanders

Assistant Director for Energy Systems Innovation,
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Paul Savage

CEO,
Native Nations Securities

RJ Scaringe

Founder and CEO,
Rivian

Emily Schapira

President & CEO,
Philadelphia Energy Authority

Julia Selker

Executive Director,
WATT Coalition

Rohini Sengupta

Director of Decarbonization,
United Airlines

Jigar Shah

Director, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Anna Shpitsberg

Chief Climate Officer,
US Development Finance Corporation

Liz Shuler

President,
AFL-CIO

Avi Shultz

Director, Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Aram Shumavon

Founder and CEO,
Kevala

Anna Siefken

Deputy Director, Federal Energy Management Program,
U.S. Department of Energy

Isaac Sine

Managing Director, Public Finance Banking,
JPMC

Jasjit Singh

Executive Director,
SelectUSA

Reshma Singh

Program Director,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Michael Skelly

Founder and CEO,
Grid United

David Skillman

Managing Director,
Arnold & Porter LLP

Sandy Slayton

VP, Environmental, Rye Development

Matthew Sloustcher

EVP, Corporate Affairs & Chief Communications Officer,
MP Materials

Cheri Smith

President & CEO, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

Mary Sotos

Director, Federal Energy Management Program, U.S.
Department of Energy

Dr. Rick Springman

President, Global Clean Energy Opportunities Division,
Holtec

Kirsten Stasio

Acting Executive Director,
U.S. Green Bank 50

Lauren Stowe

Director of International Market Development, Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Julie Su

Acting Secretary of Labor,
U.S. Department of Labor

Francine Sullivan

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel,
EVgo

Phillip Swanson

VP, Venture Development and Investment,
Centrepolis Accelerator

Benjamin Tabor

Policy Working Group,
CERES

Lucia Tian

Head of Clean Energy & Decarbonization Technologies,
Google

Justin Tomljanovic

SVP, Utility Finance and Corporate Development,
Xcel Energy

Michael Trent

VP, Member Services and Public Relations,
Randolph Electric Membership Corporation

Todd Tucker

Director of Industrial Policy and Trade,
Roosevelt Institute

David Turk

Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Energy

Jonah Ury

Senior Consultant and Transaction Specialist, Loan Programs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Suresh Vasan

Senior Investment Advisor, Loan Program Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Avra Van Der Zee

COO,
Elemental Impact

Jonah Wagner

Senior Advisor for Industrial Strategy, Loan Programs Office,
U.S. Department of Energy

Jeff Wahl

VP of Customer Programs,
LUMA Energy

Isaac Ward-Fineman

Offshore Wind Supply Chain Lead,
U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Karen Wayland

CEO,
GridWise Alliance

Joe Weisenthal

Executive Editor of News, Bloomberg Digital,
Co-host of Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” podcast

Louise White

Senior Consultant, Loan Programs Office and Office of Technology Transitions,
U.S. Department of Energy

Adria Wilson

Head of Zero-carbon Innovation and Emerging Policy Team, U.S. Policy and Advocacy,
Breakthrough Energy

Sir Michael Stanley Whittingham

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering,
Binghamton University

Frank Wolak

President and CEO,
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association

Elizabeth Wolfe

Senior Consultant,
Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Pete Wyckoff

Deputy Commissioner of Energy Resources, Minnesota Department of Commerce

Ethan Zindler

Climate Counselor, U.S. Department of Treasury