2026 SPEAKERS

Dor Abuhasira

CEO
Percepto

Peter Ambler

VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Pano.AI

Chris Anderson

General Counsel
Rayburn Electric Cooperative

Lora Anguay

Chief Energy Resource Officer
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Chris Ayers

Executive Director
NCUC Public Staff

Elaina Ball

Chief Strategy Officer
CPS Energy

Hala Ballouz

Founder, Board Chair, Chief Vision Officer
Electric Power Engineers, LLC

Kelsey Bagot

Commissioner
Virginia State Corporation Commission

Jeff Bladen

Chief Energy & Policy Officer
Verrus Data Centers

Kevin Book

Co-Founder and Director of Research
ClearView Energy Partners, LLC

Judy Chang

Commissioner
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Caroline Choi

EVP, Public Policy & Corporate Affairs
Edison International and Southern California Edison

Jeffrey Connor

Chief Operating Officer
NRECA

Scott Corwin

President & CEO
American Public Power Association

Jonathan Elkind

Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)
School of International and Public Affairs

Alex Fitzsimmons

Acting Under Secretary of Energy and CESER Director
U.S. Department of Energy

Seth Frader-Thompson

President & Co-Founder
EnergyHub

Lakin Garth

Director, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA

Sheri Givens

President & CEO
SEPA

Greg Gordon

Senior Advisor
Moelis & Company

Francesco Maria Graziani

Climate and Energy Counsellor
Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Bryan Hannegan

President & CEO
Holy Cross Energy

Scott Harden

CTO for Global Innovation
Schneider Electric

Doreen Harris

President and CEO
NYSERDA

Casey Herman

Board Member
CenterPoint Energy

Lesley Jantarasami

Vice President, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA

Nick Damgaard Jensen

Energy Counselor
Royal Danish Embassy

Catherine Jereza

Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity

Francisco Lacerda Machado

Economic Attaché/Advisor
Embassy of Portugal

Jared Leader

Senior Director, Resilience & Globe, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA

Drew Maloney

President & CEO
Edison Electric Institute

Tommy McFly

Founder / Creative Director
Real Fun Content

Peter Muhoro

Chief Strategy, Technology, and Innovation Officer
REC

Daniella Piper

Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
New York Power Authority

Pedro J. Pizarro

President and Chief Executive Officer
Edison International

Heather Reams

President & CEO
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions

Jeff Ressler

CEO
Clean Power Research

Chris Roe

Head of Energy and Sustainable Operations
Amazon

Amy Roma

Partner
Orrick

Eilif Rosok

Executive Chef
Royal Norwegian Embassy

Morgan Scott

Vice President, Global Partnerships & Outreach
EPRI

Kelly Speakes-Backman

Director
Maryland Energy Administration

David Springe

Executive Director
NASUCA

Angela Strickland

Chief Experience Officer
SEPA

Kate Strickland

Director, Strategic Projects, Research & Industry Strategy
SEPA

Mishal Thadani

CEO and Co-Founder
Rhizome

Emile Thompson

Chairman
Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia

Monica Trauzzi

Chief Communications Officer
SEPA

Michelle Vargo

SVP, Energy Operations
Puget Sound Energy

Clint Vince

Partner
Dentons US LLP

Melissa Washington

SVP, Government, Regulatory
and External Affairs
ComEd

Jon Wentzel

SVP, Communications
Nuclear Energy Institute

Robert Yeager

President, Power and Water Solutions
Emerson

David Zipkin

SVP, Product
Technosylva