Speakers

Rye Barcott
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Double Time Capital

Adam Bergman
Senior Vice President
CleanTech Banking at Wells Fargo

Roy Cooper
Governor
North Carolina

Tom Darden
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Cherokee and Cherokee Investment Partners

Carol L. Folt
Chancellor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Kamkwamba
Author
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Megan Neligan
Project Finance Analyst
Cypress Creek Renewables

Chuck McGrady
Representative
North Carolina House of Representatives

Fran O’Sullivan
General Manager
IBM GBS Global Operations

Ralph Pätzold
Chief Executive Officer
OPVIUS GmbH, Germany

Pierre-Pascal Urbon
Chief Executive Officer
SMA Solar Technology AG

Craig Poff
Director of Business Development
Avangrid Renewables

Jenna Carpenter
Founding Dean and Professor of Engineering
Campbell University

Rashida Hodge
Director, Client Delivery and Implementations
IBM Watson Group

Annette Green
Vice President, Sales Commercial Business Unit
SAS Americas

Patricia Parker
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teena Piccione
Senior Vice President
Fidelity Investments IT Enterprise-Wide

Lydia Abebe
Focus Area Lead
The Water Institute at UNC

Robin Aldina
Manager of Energy Research
NC Sustainable Energy Association

Dean Amhaus
President and CEO
The Water Council

Alice Ammerman
Professor and Director
UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Stephen Arbogast
Professor of the Practice of Finance
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Chris Ayers
Executive Director
North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff

Brian Bednar
President and Owner
Birdseye Renewable Energy, LLC

Philip Benfey
Co Founder and Chair
SAB at Hi Fidelity Genetics

Elizabeth Bennett
Strategic Outreach and Communications Manager
Distributed Energy Resources at Duke Energy Corporation

Brian Boutin
Director, Albemarle – Pamlico Sounds Program
North Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy

Christine Boyle
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Valor Water Analytics

Patrick Bressler
Executive Vice President
Fraunhofer USA

Greg Brown
Director
Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Tom Butler
Owner, Manager
Butler Farms

Christian Carlson
Director
ESRI

Royston Carter
Senior Director
Marine Bio-Technologies Center of Innovation

Clammerhead Cessna
Fisherman
Carteret County

Greg Characklis
Director/ Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Samantha Childress
Director of Community Engagement
United Solar Initiative, Inc.

Diane Cherry
Strategic Director
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

Marshall Cherry
Chief Operating Officer
Roanoke Electric Cooperative

Beth Clark
Project Development Manager
Blue Sphere

Chris Clement
Partner
IronOak Energy

Greg Copenhaver
Professor
University of North Carolina

Glenn Cutler
Co-Founder
NCBeer Guys

William Davies
Africa Lead – 2030 Water Resources Group
International Finance Corporation

Ronald DiFelice
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Energy Intelligence Partners

Adrian Duehl
Research Entomologist
Bayer CropScience

Tim Duff
General Manager Regulatory Strategy & Evaluation
Duke Energy

Tony Ferlotti
Purchasing Agent
Atlantic Brew Supply

Victor Flatt
Director
Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics

Erin Fleckenstein
Coastal Scientist, Manager
North Carolina Coastal Federation

Tim Flood
Associate Professor of Management and Corporate Communication
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Gary Freeman
General Manager
Renewable Energy Compliance, Duke Energy Corporation

Kathleen Gray
Director/Associate Director
UNC Institute for the Environment

Kevin M. Guskiewicz
Dean College of Arts and Sciences
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Annalee Harkins
Data Specialist and Project Manager
Environmental Finance Center

Reginald Holley
Founder
The Longmire Group

George Howard
Co-Founder /CEO
Restoration Systems, LLC

Jeff Hughes
Lecturer and Director
UNC Environmental Finance Center

Bob Irvin
Executive Director
CLT Joules

Brad Ives
Associate Vice Chancellor
UNC at Chapel Hill Campus Enterprises

Tim Kuhls
Head Barley Grower
Perry Farms

Zachary Kuznar
Director
Energy Storage and Microgrid Development-Duke Energy

Rick Larsen
Senior Vice President & Director of Strategic Initiatives
Natural Capital Investment Fund

Todd Leister
North America Agronomy Manager
Novozymes Biologicals, Inc.

Niels Lindquist
Professor
UNC Institute of Marine Sciences

Mark Little
Executive Director
Kenan Institute

Ofei Mante
Research Chemical Engineer
RTI

Marilynn Marsh-Robinson
Partnership and Alliances Manager
Environmental Defense Fund

Patrick Mateer
CEO
Seal the Seasons

Rob Mazzoni
Principal
TrueBridge Capital Partners

Betsy McCorkle
Partner
Kairos Government Affairs

Brewster McCracken
President / CEO
Pecan Street

Michelle Meyer
Marketing Manager for Power Grids
ABB

Mary Beth Miranda
Senior Manager
Technology Sourcing and External R&D
Novozymes North America Inc.  

Jonas Monast
Co-Director
Center on Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics

Bryant Moore
Director of Strategic Partnerships
University of North Carolina

Zachary Nimchuk
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina

Derek Norman
Head of Corporate Venture Capital
Syngenta

Mohammed Oufattole
VP Research & Development
Benson Hill Biosystems

Grant Parkins
Watershed Education Coordinator
Environmental Resource Program

Heather Payne
Assistant Director
Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (CE3)

Brock Phillips
Grounds Maintenance Manager
Sun Raised Farms

Tina Prevatte
Co-CEO
First Hand Foods

Paul Quinlan
Clean Tech Specialist
ScottMadden, Inc.

Amanda Richardson
Lead Brewer and Sustainability Coordinator
Fullsteam Brewery

Carol Rosenfeld
Senior Project Director
Environmental Finance Center at UNC-Chapel Hill

Jeffrey Rosichan
Chief Scientific Officer
AgTech Accelerator

John Salmeron
Director
PlantSciences at Precision BioSciences

Al Segars
PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship & Director
UNC at Chapel Hill Center for Sustainable Enterprise

Paul Sherman
Associate State Legislative Director
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation

William G. “Gus” Simmons

Director of Bioenergy
Cavanaugh

Kelly Smith
Biotechnology Innovator
AgBiome

Mark Sobsey
Kenan Distinguished Professor
UNC Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Dan Tomso
Chief Science Officer
AgBiome

Liz Tracy
Facilitator and Co-Instructor
Citrix-Red Hat Startup Accelerator

Maggie Wagner
NSF Plant Genome Postdoctoral Fellow
North Carolina State University

Sam Watson
General Counsel
North Carolina Utilities Commission

David Williams Sr.
Landowner
Retired

Tripp Williamson
Operation Manager / Founder
Williamson Greenhouses / Cropbox

Sebastian Wolfrum
Executive Brewmaster
Bull Durham Beer Co.