The RE+ Education Committee protects and enhances the conference’s outstanding reputation by guiding the development of exceptional educational sessions that are timely, forward thinking, and well reviewed. Our ongoing success relies on engaging highly qualified professionals with expertise in content areas to lead our sessions. That is the principal responsibility of the Education Committee.
All committee members are volunteers and passionate about the future of the renewable energy industry.
RE+ 25 Education Committee Members
Kay Aikin
Founder & CEO
Dynamic Grid
Doseke Akporiaye
Executive Director
Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)
Alexandra Aznar
Director of Client Implementation
Virtual Peaker
Alaric Babej
Principal, Customer Energy Solutions
PNM
James Barbour
Vice President, Communications and Innovation
Schneider Electric
Marguerite Behringer
Director, Regulatory Policy and Industry Relations
Landis+Gyr
Gary Blitz
Global Co-CEO
Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions
Ken Boyce
Senior Director, Principal Engineering: Industrial
UL Solutions
Erica Brinker
Chief Commercial & Sustainability Officer
Chaberton
Ed Brolin
Vice President, Distributed Government Relations & Policy Development
RWE Clean Energy
Steve Burt
Chief Public Policy & Engagement Officer
Posigen
Andrew Campbell
Senior Manager, Transformative Innovation Initiatives
Tennessee Valley Authority
Scarlett Chepke
Senior Communications Manager
Solv
Sterling Clifford
Government Affairs
Sunnova
Sachu Constantine
Executive Director
Vote Solar
Cathleen Daly
Marketing & Communications Manager
Gridworks
Bryan Didier
Partner, Managing Director Renewable Energy
Monarch
Steffanie Dohn
Vice President, Government Affairs
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Gretchen Dolson
Renewable Energy Practice Lead
HDR Engineering Inc.
Ryan Edge
Vice President, Strategy and Innovation
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Scott Elias
Vice President, Policy and Market Development
CleanCapital
Cory Geiger
Chief Operating Officer
Enstall
Jake Gentle
Program Manager of Infrastructure Security
Idaho National Laboratory
Ryan Gibson
Supervisor, Distributed Energy Solutions
Platte River Power Authority
Lauren Glickman
Vice President, Policy and Communications
Encore
Samuel Goda
Policy & Government Affairs Manager
Kaluza
Tony Grappone
Partner, Managing Director Renewable Energy
Novogradac & Company LLP
Mary Grikas
Consultant
emgee strategic communications
Hiro Hiraiwa
Utility Solution Strategist
Clean Power Research
Marion Jones
Vice President, Workforce Development & DEI Engagement
Nexamp
Stephen Kalland
Executive Director
NC Clean Energy Technology Center
Yoh Kawanami
Director of Customer Energy Resources Operations
Hawaiian Electric
Pradheep Kileti
Director, Future of Heat Engineering and R&D Program Management
National Grid
Austin Kinzer
Agrivoltaics Senior Technical Specialist
American Farmland Trust
Justin Kramer
Manager of Emerging Technologies
Orlando Utilities Commission
Richard Lawrence
Program Director
IREC
Jessica Lawrence-Vaca
Senior Vice President, Policy & External Affairs
Array Technologies
Gary Lemay
Director of Facilities/Renewable Energy Engineer
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
Emily Lemei
Customer Programs Manager
Northern California Power Agency
Amy Lobel
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
AES Corporation
Shannon Meyer-Johanson
Senior Manager, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Sol Systems
Amy Jo Miller
Director of Policy & Market Strategy
Qcells
Lauren Nevitt
Senior Director, Public Policy
Sunrun
Adewale OgunBadejo
Vice President, Workforce Development
Grid Alternatives
Karan Patel
Managing Director – Energy Solutions and Clean Energy
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Brian Patterson
Chairman of the Board
EMerge Alliance
Julia Poska
Marketing & Communications Manager
Lightsource bp
Dana Clare Redden
Founder
Solar Stewards
Jessie Robbins
Principal, Structured Finance
Generate Capital
Alissa Jean Schafer
Managing Owner & Director
Copper Stamp Strategy LLC
Paige Shen
Head of Section – Independent Engineering Utility Scale
DNV
Stephanie Sienkowski
Director of Development
Soltage
Chéri Smith
Founder, President & CEO
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
Patrick Sterns
Vice President, Policy & Regulatory
PearlIX
Tom Weirich
Head of Marketing & Stakeholder Relations, North America
EDP Renewables
Courtney Welch
Director of Policy
GoodLeap
Andrew Williams
Vice President, Policy and Market Development
Canadian Solar
Andrew Wills
Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs
Invenergy
RE+ Tech 2025 Education Committee Members
Nima Hejazi Alhosseini
Electrical Engineer
Black and Veatch
Kristen Ardani
Chief of Staff – Energy Systems Integration
NREL
Casey Carrillo
Executive Director, University of Arizona Center for Innovation
University of Arizona
Jennifer Hamilton
Hydrogen Consultant
Liban Hassan
Senior Electrical Engineer
DNV
Hannah Hoffmann
Programs Analyst, LDES Cacti Program
OTT
Gary Huffman
Senior Client Relations Manager
Burns and McDonnell
Jaime Kolln
GridWise Architecture Council Administrator
PNNL
Jeff Loiter
Technical Director, CPI
NARUC
Colleen O’Brien
Principal Engineer
UL
Pooja Shah
Senior Consultant, Energy Storage & Transportation Electrification
DNV
Steve Swern
AVP, Engineering
Sol Systems
Dan Wilson
VP, Energy Solutions
Inspiration Mobility
Guohui Yuan
Program Manager, Systems Integration
SETO
