Chris Squitieri

Chris Squitieri has a diverse background across finance, land surveying, title, and land acquisition. Mr. Squitieri started his career a decade ago as a financial analyst, where he learned to evaluate the return profiles of companies and projects as an investor. After supporting an investment in a consulting company working on solar projects in 2019, […]
Evelyn Carpenter

Evelyn Carpenter is the President & CEO of Invera Energy. She has more than 20 years of experience in the renewable and emerging energy sectors. Since 2009, Evelyn has built and led organizations that have supported the development, financing, and construction of over 100 GW of solar, wind, energy storage, transmission, and substation projects. Evelyn’s current […]
Richard Dovere

Rich is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dispatch Energy. Previously, Rich served as Chief Investment Officer of EDPR NA DG, where Rich led capital investment and overall market strategy for the platform’s $500M+ portfolio of operating and development assets. He has over a decade of experience developing, structuring and financing award-winning renewable power […]
Sean Gallagher

Sean Gallagher is SEIA’s Senior Vice President of Policy where he oversees all of SEIA’s policy work in states nationwide, as well as the organization’s federal legislative and regulatory policy efforts. Previously he served as an executive for firms developing utility scale solar power projects, including supporting the first utility scale solar plant developed on […]
Russell Gold

Russell Gold was born somewhere east of the Sabine River, arrived in Texas in 1996 and stuck around. He worked as journalist for more than three decades, nearly all of it in Texas. He spent two decades as an award-winning investigative journalist at the Wall Street Journal. That job was bookended by a stint at […]
Spencer Wells

Spencer Wells is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wells Energy Development, where he leads all day-to-day operations, strategic growth, project development, and client execution. He brings over a decade of experience across renewable energy development, EPC coordination, and independent power producer platforms, with a track record of delivering more than $100 million in […]
Lance Gloss

Lance Gloss serves the State of Colorado in the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, where he supports growth in clean energy, agriculture, and manufacturing. The Global Business Development team at OEDIT connects businesses from around the globe to Colorado communities. Lance has worked on rural economic development and natural resource projects nationwide, including […]
Craig Lewis

Craig founded the Clean Coalition in 2009 and has three decades of experience in technology and policy innovation, including with respect to the proliferation of Solar Microgrids and Community Microgrids. Prior to founding the Clean Coalition, Craig held numerous positions in the wireless, semiconductor, banking, and renewable energy industries. Previously VP of Government Relations at […]
Mohammed Njie

Mohammed Njie is the Founder and CEO of Janta Power, a clean energy technology company pioneering the world’s first patented 3D solar towers. Originally from Gambia, where he experienced energy poverty firsthand, Mohammed developed a passion for building accessible energy solutions. While studying at Southern Methodist University (SMU), he partnered with the university to deliver […]
Bonnie Doggett

Bonnie Doggett has over 20 years of project experience which includes performing numerous wetland delineations and Threatened and Endangered species surveys. Bonnie has also completed Section 404 Permitting, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission resource reports, Presence/Absence surveys for Golden-cheeked Warblers and Houston Toads, and Wildlife Habitat Council Certifications which entail an immense amount of agency consultation. […]
Masih Qutb

Masih Qutb is the Senior Director of Civil Engineering at Apex Clean Energy with over 13 years of experience in civil engineering, renewable energy, and construction. He has led engineering strategy and delivery for a 10+ GW portfolio of utility-scale wind, solar, and BESS projects. Masih specializes in project planning, design optimization, and execution, and […]
Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff

Max Kushner-Lenhoff is the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Mitra Chem, an AI-enabled innovator and manufacturer of materials critical for energy, AI, and defense applications. Mitra Chem’s Acceleration platform reduces the lab-to-scale product development timeline and cost by >90%. Our first product at scale is lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material (CAM) in Muskegon, […]