2025 Keynote

Sheri Givens
Sheri Givens
Smart Electric Power Alliance
President & Chief Executive Officer
Diana Hernandez
Diana Hernandez
Associate Professor, Columbia University; Author of Powerless: The People's Struggle for Energy
Lakshmi Rengarajan
Lakshmi Rengarajan
How To Date Humans
Creator of How to Date Humans

2025 Speakers

Aditi Passalacqua
Aditi Passalacqua
Clear Way Energy
Talent Acquisition Manager
Charity Pennock
Charity Pennock
North Street Group LLC
Executive & Leadership Coach
Rachel Petry
Rachel Petry
Southern Power
O&M Strategy and Support Manager
Andrea Pinabell
Andrea Pinabell
AC Impact Advisors
Chief Executive Officer
Mindy Prefling
Mindy Prefling
Root/Edge
Managing Partner
Dana Clare Redden
Dana Clare Redden
Solar Stewards
Founder
Christy Rivera
Christy Rivera
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Partner
Christina Robinson Race
Christina Robinson Race
Brand Authority Partners
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Patty Rollin
Patty Rollin
Onyx Renewables
Chief Commercial Officer
Rachel Rosenfeld
Rachel Rosenfeld
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Senior Associate
Abigail Ross Hopper
Abigail Ross Hopper
SEIA
Chief Executive Officer
Staci Schwartz
Staci Schwartz
Primergy
Vice President Human Resources
Becca Segel
Becca Segel
FlowCellutions
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Ebony Seymour
Ebony Seymour
Ellement Group
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nicole Sitaraman
Nicole Sitaraman
Office of Public Participation (OPP)
Director
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Arevon
Chief Executive Officer
Carolyn Stewart
Carolyn Stewart
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Tribal Relations Principal/Senior Tribal Liaison
Megan Timpane
Megan Timpane
Speech Skills
Principal Trainer
Meave Tooher
Meave Tooher
NYS Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission
Managing Attorney
Alex Urbina
Alex Urbina
WRISE Rudd Mayer Fellow 2025
Blair Uremovic
Blair Uremovic
CohnReznick LLP
Partner
Dipti Vaghela
Dipti Vaghela
Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNET)
Co-Founder and Network Manager
Kelly Weger
Kelly Weger
Hydro Empowerment Network (HPNET)
Senior Director of Sustainability
Glenna Wiseman
Glenna Wiseman
Permission To Bloom
Founder, Principal Coach & Consultant
Joo Yong
Joo Yong
DNV
Senior Director - Energy Infrastructure Independent Engineering, Project Finance
Carrie Zalewski
Carrie Zalewski
American Clean Power Association
Vice President, Markets and Transmission