Matt Van Arkel
Matt is the Director of Policy and Business Development in the Midwest for New Leaf Energy. In his role at New Leaf, Matt works closely with industry colleagues, regulators, and utilities in Illinois and throughout the Midwest to advance Community Solar and distributed generation and storage markets. He currently serves as the voting member for […]
Johanna Kraus-Darden
Johanna Kraus-Darden is the Director of Development at AES for the MISO region, where she manages a 2GW portfolio and leads a team of utility-scale project developers from interconnection filing through construction. Additionally, Johanna has experience as a project developer in the WECC region, where she led a portfolio of solar projects in Utah. Over […]
Christy Wilson
Christy Winer Wilson, EIT, PMP, is Director of Community Solar at Cypress Creek Renewables leading the Midwest community solar development efforts. During her 8+ year career in distributed generation development, she has led the full lifecycle of hundreds of megawatts throughout multiple markets and now leads a team that does the same. With a background […]
Melissa Washington
Melissa currently leads ComEd’s Customer Operations organization with responsibility for business and residential account management, customer billing and credit, contact center and meter service operations, energy efficiency, demand response, building and transportation electrification. In addition, she oversees economic and philanthropic partnerships. Melissa joined Exelon in 2003 and has held several roles of increasing responsibility for […]
Aaron Wood
Aaron Wood Senior Manager – Technical Training and Workforce Development, Silicon Ranch Aaron Wood serves as the Senior Manager of Technical Training and Workforce Development at Silicon Ranch, where he leads the development of comprehensive training programs, qualification procedures, and skill enhancement initiatives for technicians. With extensive experience across the renewable energy sector, Aaron brings […]
Kiera Gavin
Kiera Gavin is a Senior Development Manager at Cultivate Power where she leads the mid- and late-stage development and sales of community solar projects across Illinois. She also spearheads the implementation of Cultivate Power’s mission to ensure that every solar project in Illinois meaningfully invests in local communities and impact partnerships. A proud Illinois native, […]
Colleen Smith
Colleen Smith serves as the Vice President of Government Affairs for Invenergy- a leading privately held developer, owner, and operator of sustainable energy solutions. In her role, Colleen oversees Invenergy’s state affairs across the eastern half of the United States, supporting policy development and implementation and public affairs efforts. Prior to joining Invenergy, Colleen served […]
Joy Wang
Dr. Joy Wang is the Director of the MI Solar for All program in the Office of Climate and Energy within the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. The State of Michigan was awarded $156 million for the program by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The MI Solar for All program aims to […]
Manvendra Saxena
Manvendra Saxena is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of MARS Energy Group, one of the fastest-growing clean energy platforms in the U.S. In just over two years, MARS has acquired and integrated five solar companies, positioning MARS to surpass a $100 million revenue run rate. Manvendra launched MARS with a bold vision: to empower 100,000 […]
Eric Peterman
Eric Peterman is a renewable energy leader with over a decade of experience driving the growth of the solar industry. As the co-founder and former CEO of GRNE Solar, Eric led the company from its inception in 2012 to its successful acquisition by Nelnet Renewable Energy in 2022. Now serving as President of Mars Energy […]
Troy Hammond
Troy Hammond has 30 years of strategic, technical and high-growth executive leadership experience. Troy is currently the CEO of Convergence Energy, a leading Solar and Battery Storage project developer. He also built Plextronics — a material science startup that commercialized novel electronic materials for solar and lighting. Previously, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey […]
Sunny Elebua
Sunny Elebua serves as senior vice president and Chief Strategy Officer at Exelon, where he is responsible for the development of an integrated strategy that addresses jurisdictional trends across our operating companies, coupling Exelon’s growth with the needs of our customers, regulators and communities. Elebua leads the development of a customer strategy to drive growth […]