Mainstage Speakers

Donna Dickson
Chief Engineer, Mustang Mach-E
Ford Motor Company
Amy Frykman
Deputy Director
Resource Media
Hannah Lutz
Deputy Editor, Technology and Innovation
Automotive News
Marco McCottry
Senior Director, Vehicles & Fleet Operations
Uber
Joann Muller
Transportation Correspondent
Axios
Jigar Shah
Director of the Loan Programs Office
US Department of Energy
John Voelcker
Auto Reporter
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder and CEO
Walker-Miller Energy Services

2024 Speakers

Deeana Ahmed
Chief Strategy Officer
Our Next Energy (ONE)
Jack Akinlosotu
Special Advisor for Implementation
EPA
Randy Armstrong
Clean Transportation Product Manager
National Grid
Justin Backal Balik
State Program Director
Evergreen Collaborative
Shafiq Bari
Director of Mobility Policy
Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity
Max Baumhefner
Director, EV Infrastructure
NRDC
Angela Benedict
Air Quality Program Manager
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Pina Bennet
Director, Electric Marketing
DTE Energy
Brittany Blair
Senior Analyst, Research and Industry Strategy
Smart Electric Power Alliance
Maureen Blanc
Director
Charge Across Town
Austin Brown
Director, Vehicle Technologies Office
US Department of Energy
Adam Browning
EVP Policy + Communications
Forum Mobility
Nicole Bruns
Executive Director
Bruns Auri
Toyah Callahan
Vice President for Local Initiatives
IREC
Scott Case
CEO
Recurrent
Randy Chambers
President
Self-Help Credit Union
Judy Chang
Urban Project Director
itselectric
Stan Cross
Electric Transportation Director
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Beth Croteau-Kallestad
Principal Sustainability Planner
Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Sustainability & Public Health
Steffani Cuff
Programs Director
Forth
Taki Darakos
VP of Vehicle Maintenance & Fleet Services
PITT OHIO
Jennah Denney
EV Strategies & Solution Manager
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Alexa Diaz
Senior Policy Manager
Forth
James Di Filippo
Senior Policy Analyst
Atlas Public Policy
Will Einstein
Principal Consultant
Black & Veatch
Nadia El Mallakh
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Coalition For Green Capital
Robert Evans
CEO
Cenex
Aleksandra Evert
Program Manager, Access to Charging
Forth
Pamela Fann
Founder & CEO
Integrated Solutions
Karim Farhat
Business Executive, EV Charging Products and Solutions
Cory Farquharson
Senior Key Account Manager, Transportation Sector
BC Hydro
Kelly Fleming
Director
Director, Federation of American Scientists
Stephanie Gagnon
Senior Manager, Regional Programs
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Ray Gallant
VP Sustainability and Productivity Services
Volvo Construction Equipment
Stuart Gardner
Executive Director
Generation180
Dakoury Godo-Solo
Project Manager, Electric Vehicle Charging Systems
Environmental Defense Fund
Brian Grunkemeyer
Chief Executive Officer
FlexCharging
Scott Hardman
Associate Research Faculty & Assistant Director, Electric Vehicle Research Center
University of California, Davis
Alan Hejl
Founder & Lead Consultant
Spark Access
Connor Herman
Program Manager III
Forth
Kristen Hildreth
AVP, Government Relations & Strategic Partnerships
Recycled Materials (ReMA)
Samantha Houston
Senior Analyst
Union of Concerned Scientists
Daniel Huyck
Senior Management and Program Analyst
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Liz Huynh
Senior Account Director
EV Battery Solutions by Cox Automotive
Whit Jamieson
Senior Specialist
Forth
Alan Jenn
Assistant Professor
University of California, Davis
Arena Johnson
Equitable Mobility Coordinator
Eastside Community Network
Cornell Johnson
Director of Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Center for Energy Workforce Development
Natalie King
Founder and CEO
Dunamis Charge
E.J. Klock-McCook
Principal, Carbon-Free Transportation
RMI
Phillip Kobernick
Associate Director of Programs
Peninsula Clean Energy
Ari Lattanzi
Climate Programs Administrator
Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans)
Bill LeBlanc
Chief Catalyst
ev.energy
Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten
Environmental Analyst
Argonne National Laboratory
Jaime Lemus
Director, Transportation and Climate Change Division
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Joel Levin
Executive Director
Plug In America
Andrew Linowes
Vice President, Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory group
JLL
Janelle London
Co-Executive Director
Coltura
Virgil Looney
Director
Driving Clean Assistance Program
Michael Maten
Director of EV Policy & Regulatory Affairs
General Motors
Lauren McCarthy
Senior Director, Research and Impact
Shared-Use Mobility Center
Loren McDonald
CEO
EVAdoption
Rick Mihelic
Director Emerging Technologies
North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
Hannah Morrison
City Planner II, New Mobility & Electrification
Portland Bureau of Transportation
Erika Myers
Executive Director
CharIN
James Nielson
Senior Business Product Manager - Motive Power & Electrification
Hyster Company
Ryan O'Gorman
Energy Services Business Strategy and Delivery Lead
Ford Motor Company
Niki Okuk
Deputy Director, Trucks and Off-Road
CALSTART
Candace O'Melia
Strategist, EV Policy and Market Development
General Motors
Margarita Parra
Director of Transportation Decarbonization
Clean Energy Works
Dave Parsons
Automotive Lead Consultant
Maritz
Mayor Steve Patterson
Athens, Ohio Mayor and Second Vice President of the National League of Cities
Julie Peacock
VGI Advisor
Vehicle Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Yesenia Perez
Climate Equity Program Manager
The Greenlining Institue
Ed Piersa
Senior Program Manager
Colorado Energy Office
Cat Plein
Development & Communications Director
Forth
Cassie Powers
Chief of Staff
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
Allison Robinson
Voucher Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Josh Rodriguez
Program Director for Environment, Policy and Government Relations
AASHTO
Nancy Ryan
Co-Administrator
National EV Charging Initiative
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
World Resources Institute
Jeroen Schutter
Program Manager
Metropolitan Region Amsterdam Electric
Ian Sergeant
Program Manager, Access to Electric Vehicles
Forth
Kristin Shaw
Transportation Decarbonization Specialist
City of Detroit Office of Mobility Innovation
Jeanette Shaw
Policy Director
Forth
Karl Simon
Director, Transportation and Climate Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
John Smart
Director,
National Charging Experience Consortium, Idaho National Laboratory
Steven Sokolsky
Deputy Director
CALSTART
Katherine Stainken
Technical Leader
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Matt Stephens
Director of Programs
Electrification Coalition
Paul Stith
Associate Vice President, Global Transportation Initiatives
Black & Veatch
Prateek Suri
Senior Program Manager
Forth
Stefan Tongur
Vice President, Business Development
Electreon
Carla Trevino
Solution Architect
Irdeto
Michael Tubman
Director, Federal Affairs
Lucid Motors
Elizabeth Turnbull
Director of Market Development, Transportation Electrification
Franklin Energy
John Van Alst
Senior Attrorney, Project Director, Working Cars for Working Families
National Consumer Law Center®
Philippe Vangeel
CEO of E-City, and Director of EV Belgium
Francesca Wahl
Senior Charging Policy Manager, Public Policy & Business Development
Tesla
Josh White
Owners Representative
Cinnaire Solutions
Lindsay Wiginton
Managing Consultant, Clean Mobility
Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Leah Winter
VP of Product
EVgo
Andrew Wishnia
Partner
EpicWorks Advisors
Wesleigh Wright
Community Engagement Liaison
East Tennessee Clean Fuels
Kathleen Yip
Program Officer, Industry
Climate Imperative Foundation