2023 Keynote

2023 Speakers


Phillip Kobernick
Peninsula Clean Energy
Associate Director of Programs

Vishant Kothari
World Resources Institute
Senior Manager, Battery Circularity and School Bus Electrification

Ari Lattanzi
Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans)
Climate Programs Administrator

Bill LeBlanc
ev.energy
Chief Catalyst

Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten
Argonne National Laboratory
Environmental Analyst

Richard Lee
Lion Electric
Director of Sales

Jaime Lemus
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Director, Transportation and Climate Change Division

Joel Levin
Plug In America
Executive Director

Andrew Linowes
JLL
Vice President, Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory group

Stephen Lommele
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Communications and Education Program Manager

Virgil Looney
Driving Clean Assistance Program
Director

Hannah Lutz
Automotive News
Deputy Editor, Technology and Innovation

Terea Macomber
Hawaiian Electric
Policy Strategy & Community Program Manager

Michael Maten
General Motors
Director of EV Policy & Regulatory Affairs

Lauren McCarthy
Shared-Use Mobility Center
Senior Director, Research and Impact

Marco McCottry
Uber
Senior Director, Vehicles & Fleet Operations

Loren McDonald
EVAdoption
CEO

Jennifer Mefford
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program
National Co-Chair

Rick Mihelic
North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
Director Emerging Technologies

Kristi Moriarty
NREL
Senior Engineer

Hannah Morrison
Portland Bureau of Transportation
City Planner II, New Mobility & Electrification

Joann Muller
Axios
Transportation Correspondent

Erika Myers
CharIN
Executive Director

James Nielson
Hyster Company
Senior Business Product Manager - Motive Power & Electrification

Nick Nigro
Atlas Public Policy
Founder

Ryan O'Gorman
Ford Motor Company
Energy Services Business Strategy and Delivery Lead

Niki Okuk
CALSTART
Deputy Director, Trucks and Off-Road

Candace O'Melia
General Motors
Strategist, EV Policy and Market Development

Kelsey Owle
Land of Sky Regional Council
Community Engagement Liaison

Margarita Parra
Clean Energy Works
Director of Transportation Decarbonization

Dave Parsons
Maritz
Automotive Lead Consultant

Mayor Steve Patterson
Athens, Ohio Mayor and Second Vice President of the National League of Cities

Yesenia Perez
The Greenlining Institue
Climate Equity Program Manager

Ed Piersa
Colorado Energy Office and Community Access Enterprise
Senior Program Manager

Cat Plein
Forth
Development & Communications Director

Cassie Powers
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
Chief of Staff

Ben Prochazka
Electrification Coalition
Executive Director

Allison Robinson
U.S. Department of Energy
Voucher Manager

Josh Rodriguez
AASHTO
Program Director for Environment, Policy and Government Relations

Nancy Ryan
National EV Charging Initiative
Co-Administrator

Devashree Saha
World Resources Institute
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program

Rob Sargent
Coltura
Policy Director

Jeroen Schutter
Metropolitan Region Amsterdam Electric
Program Manager

Ian Sergeant
Forth
Program Manager, Access to Electric Vehicles

Jigar Shah
US Department of Energy
Director of the Loan Programs Office

Jeanette Shaw
Forth
Policy Director

Kristin Shaw
City of Detroit Office of Mobility Innovation
Transportation Decarbonization Specialist

Jill Sherman-Warne
Native American Environmental Protection Coalition
Executive Director

Karl Simon
US Environmental Protection Agency
Director, Transportation and Climate Division

John Smart
National Charging Experience Consortium, Idaho National Laboratory
Director,

Benjamin Smith
New York City Department of Transportation
Director of Low and Zero Emission Vehicle Programs

Steven Sokolsky
CALSTART
Deputy Director

Matt Stephens-Rich
Electrification Coalition
Director of Programs

Paul Stith
Black & Veatch
Associate Vice President, Global Transportation Initiatives

Akhila Suri
Access to Emerging Modes, Forth
Senior Program Manager

Prateek Suri
Forth
Senior Program Manager

Stefan Tongur
Electreon
Vice President, Business Development

Carla Trevino
Irdeto
Solution Architect

Michael Tubman
Lucid Motors
Director, Federal Affairs

John Van Alst
National Consumer Law Center®
Senior Attrorney, Project Director, Working Cars for Working Families