Kelly Speakes-Backman
Kelly Speakes-Backman is a nationally recognized clean energy thought leader who leads Invenergy’s policy and corporate affairs activities. Most recently, she served as the acting assistant secretary for the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office, where she led a $3.2 billion portfolio of renewable power, energy efficiency and sustainable transportation. Previously she […]
Hanna Grene
Hanna Grene is an energy and technology executive leading Global Go to Market and Operations for the Energy & Resources Industry at Microsoft. Hanna supports Microsoft, its partners, and the largest oil and gas, power and utility, and mining companies in the world with their digital transformation including the adoption of AI and navigating the […]
Elisa Wood
Elisa Wood is an award-winning writer and editor specializing in the energy industry. She is the founder, editor, and publisher of EnergyChangemakers.com and its magazine, Decentralized Grid. She also co-founded Microgrid Knowledge and was editor-in-chief and co-host of the publication’s popular conference series from 2014-2023. In addition, she co-founded RealEnergyWriters.com, where for two decades she […]
Glenn Laga
Glenn Laga is a visionary entrepreneur and industry leader with a proven track record of creating and scaling service-based businesses into market pioneers. As the President and Co-founder of Commercial Solar Panel Recycling (CSPR), Glenn is driving innovation by addressing the critical issue of solar panel waste. Based in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, CSPR offers nationwide […]
Gurmesh Sidhu
Gurmesh Sidhu is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Moment Energy, leading product management and devising the firm’s pricing strategy and business model. Previously, he led a team of over 40 engineering students at SFU’s Team Phantom to build an electric race vehicle. In 2021, Gurmesh was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 […]
David Hochschild
David Hochschild was appointed Chair of the California Energy Commission by Governor Gavin Newsom in February 2019. He fills the environmental position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members are required by law to have professional training in specific areas – engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, and law. Chair Hochschild’s […]
Mel Bergsneider
Mel Bergsneider is Executive Account Manager at Allume Energy, responsible for business development in the U.S. market. As the first US-based employee at Allume Energy, Mel leads the Australian-born startup’s expansion across target markets such as California, New York, and Florida. Mel works closely with affordable housing providers, solar installers, and real estate developers to […]
Tom Neyhart
Thomas Neyhart is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for PosiGen, PBC, a company dedicated to making a sustainable impact on the lives of low-to-moderate-income families by providing accessible solar and energy efficiency solutions. Under Neyhart’s leadership, PosiGen has financed over 1 billion in residential solar systems and been recognized numerous […]
Emily Dalecki
Emily Dalecki is a policy analyst who has been at NREL since 2020. Her research interests include expanding low-income inclusion in renewable energy and solar permitting, inspection, and interconnection. She earned an MPA & MSES in May 2019 from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Tristan Erion-Lorico
Tristan brings almost 20 years of solar and electrical industry experience to Kiwa PVEL. As VP of Sales and Marketing, he oversees Kiwa PVEL’s commercial activities and collaborates with PV module buyers, investors, research institutions and manufacturers to develop innovative performance and reliability test programs for product qualification. Tristan previously served as Product and Quality […]
Jim Wood
Jim Wood serves as the CEO and President of SEG Solar, a Houston, Texas-based company dedicated to building the best Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for solar energy. Operating from North Carolina, Jim brings over twenty years of experience in the solar industry. He has successfully led teams in selling over 6GW of solar panels […]
Martin Pochtaruk
Martin Pochtaruk has over 35 years of experience managing manufacturing and innovation businesses across Europe and the Americas. He founded Heliene, a technology leading high quality solar PV manufacturer in 2010, the company is challenging the solar industry status quo by putting customers first. It’s doing so as well by manufacturing high quality, competitively priced […]